Virtual Vertigo Tour: Part One
Well, since Google released the Street View feature on Google Maps and shattered any sense of privacy I might have had, I figured I'd take advantage of the information that's out there and post a virtual tour of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)...
Although it's not the first notable location in the film, it is the first location that I found on Google Maps and the inspiration for this project. Our first stop, Detective John "Scotty" Ferguson's (James Stewart) apartment:
Click the photo for a pinpoint location on Google Maps.
And here is how it looked in the film. It's cool that Google got almost the exact same angle in their drive-by:
Other Vertigo location websites you might want to check out:
Vertigo... Then and Now
Film in America: Vertigo
Vertigo Movie Tour of San Francisco
Vertigo (a fan's photo tour of SF)
Although it's not the first notable location in the film, it is the first location that I found on Google Maps and the inspiration for this project. Our first stop, Detective John "Scotty" Ferguson's (James Stewart) apartment:
Click the photo for a pinpoint location on Google Maps.
And here is how it looked in the film. It's cool that Google got almost the exact same angle in their drive-by:
Other Vertigo location websites you might want to check out:
Vertigo... Then and Now
Film in America: Vertigo
Vertigo Movie Tour of San Francisco
Vertigo (a fan's photo tour of SF)
Labels: google maps, san francisco, vertigo, virtual tour
2 Comments:
I added here the best Google Street View.
By noisycity, at 6/05/2007 6:34 AM
that's pretty awesome, you have to admit.
By by the author, at 6/05/2007 1:09 PM
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