"Vertigo" is a timeless masterpiece. It is perfect in every single aspect: the actors (James Stewart was formidable), the soundtrack, Hitchcock (one if not the best director in film's history).
This is The Manifesto of Mother Monster
On G.O.A.T, a Government Owned Alien Territory in space
A birth of magnificent and magical proportions took place
But the birth was not finite, it was infinite
As the wombs numbered and the mitosis of the future began
It was perceived that this infamous moment in life is not temporal, it is eternal
And thus began the beginning of the new race
A race within the race of humanity
A race which bears no prejudice, no judgment
But boundless freedom
But on that same day, as the eternal mother hovered in the multiverse
Another more terrifying birth took place... the birth of evil
And as she herself split into two, rotating in agony between two ultimate forces
The pendulum of choice began its dance
It seems easy, you imagine
To gravitate instantly and unwaveringly towards good
But she wondered, "How can I protect something so perfect without evil?"
Herrman's music MADE Hitchcock's films. All of the movie's he composed for are today considered masterpieces and I don't think they would be without his contributions.
A film being projected in 70mm is different than viewing it digitally. It has an almost 3D depth to the picture, and the way the light glows is magical. You really appreciate the enormity of his wide shots and compositions on the big screen. The long panning shot of them driving to the Golden Gate bridge, and the Redwood forest sequence are both equally breath taking. It's a cinematic experience, and as such it's best experienced in a cinema. It made me appreciate the film 10 fold.