"Vertigo" Hitchcock's Best?

Alfred Hitchcock, the man, the myth, the legend, a pioneer in the film industry, and a revolutionary in the methods of storytelling. I myself am obsessed with a good story, which could probably account for my deep passion for all things history. But where history is weighed down with antiquated fact checking, film ascends to a place where we can see and interact with a completely different world. Film isn't weighed down with the menial fact finding and source referencing, and Hitchcock is probably the most skilled director of the 20th century capable of fully exploiting this opportunity. What I find most captivating of Hitchcock’s work is the fact that in the worlds that he creates reality is always at the forefront. It is as if these events had occurred in some time or place outside of our cognitive reality, but still remain inside the realm of possibility. Vertigo is a prime example of Hitchcock’s skill coming to fruition and is easily described as a cornerstone in film and story making. What entranced most about Vertigo is the fact that this film uses very little dialogue, yet is still able to tell an engaging and captivating story. For instance the sequence in which James Stewart's character John 'Scottie' Ferguson is following Kim Novak's character for the first time it seemed that there wasn't a lick of dialogue for over 10 solid minutes, yet the story continued to unfold, the character developed rapidly, action was guiding this story forward and I didn't have to endure a lecture to understand what was going on in front me. So how does one go from appreciating historical accounts, storytelling, and a movie that heavily relies on observing behavior and action to move a film forward have anything to do with another. Well quite simply it is a highly complex process to account for and tell of a single individual trying to make any sense of who he is, how he came to be, and what he wants most out of life. Hitchcock brings all elements together seamlessly with Vertigo and so I give my seal of approval to the master of suspense and mystery the well earned title of master story teller.