Vértigo (1958) de Hitchcock: la utilización del cromatismo en la descripción de patologías médicas de los personajes

Abstract

One of the most emblematic films of Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography is Vertigo (1958), and that together with Psychosis (1960) its title corresponds to a disease, specifically of the vestibular system. It is a film adaptation of the novel by Sueurs froides: d entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. In this film color is used as a cinematographic resource to identify the characters and also their diseases. Primary colors such as red, blue and yellow correspond to vertigo, dizziness, acrophobia, and limerence, as well as sleep disorders; and secondary ones such as green and gray with personality disorders and direct or conscious self-destructive behaviors. We propose to analyze the association of colors, their fusion and combination in the diseases suffered by the characters and that are identified by the chromatic perception that dominates the whole film.