VERTIGO | Filming Locations

[@hebneh]

Looking at the cars is one of my favorite aspects of watching "Vertigo". Scotty has a very nice 1956 DeSoto.

[@kendn01]

Great stuff - I'd never seen anybody film the alley behind the flower shop scene. Very interesting!

[@pauldaviesvoiceover]

A fascinating piece, thanks for taking us with you :)

[@anthony1947]

Excellent video. If I had owned Scotty's apartment building I would have kept the facade exactly how it was in the film with just essential maintenance work. The current owners are obviously not film buffs

[@benjaminbalaz63]

Well done, thank you for taking us for a tour of the locations !

[@Protokino]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sn2546]

Man oh man! I'm glad that today KZbin suggested this very clip from your channel. I was amazed while watching the whole video. You must have watched Vertigo several times in order to come up with this clip. And when you compared the movies scenes with the current locations, you did it so brilliantly because they were almost shot from the same angles. It's really a lot of WORK! It is done very professionally. And I was moved so much by your video because it brought back a fond memory when I watched Vertigo not so long ago and also the memory of the time I had a chance to visit SF extensively. That was almost 20 years ago. Thanks so much for your great work!!!!!

[@Protokino]

Oh that's so great to hear! Thanks for sharing!

[@ER1CwC]

18:01 That tree survived all these years. Hope no one removes it! This is such a cool video. Thank you so much for your effort. I never knew that Hitchcock and crew actually hewed to SF’s actual map so closely for the trail scenes. The quasi-Vertigo background music is also a nice touch and makes me smile.

[@Protokino]

Thanks Eric!

[@jamespenn3195]

That was really fascinating . Amazing to see these locations and what was and wasn't actually there at the time of filming. Love it , brilliant video 👍

[@Protokino]

So nice of you, thanks for watching! There's more Hitchcock coming to the channel in the coming weeks, "Shadow of a Doubt" filming locations.

[@jamespenn3195]

@@Protokino Looking forward to it 👍

[@trekster6470]

Another job well done. Thank you for all the effort and time you put into these

[@Protokino]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it.

[@alexkinney9641]

@@Protokino I have some new questions for you if you want to answer them? q1 how often do you travel for recording movie location videos? q2 have a watched the synder cut? q3 do you watch your own videos?

[@shrimboi8909]

I knew it. That alley way is very familiar to me cuz I used it all the time to cross over to Sutter st to get to Chipotle on the corner of Sutter and Kearny. I'm Doordash delivery driver. LOL I loved Vertigo cuz I recognized many locations from my deliveries. The church behind one of Jimmy Stewart scene was a little confusing. I couldn't pinpoint where it was but another youtubers pointed out it was at the corner of Eddy and Gough. That church is gone and in its place is a luxury apartment buildings.

[@thomashawthorne1542]

Last time I was in San Francisco there was a "Vertigo Tour" bus that takes you to all these locations. Very cool!

[@Protokino]

So cool!

[@993sps]

Your channel is so great! I’m about to visit San Francisco with my fiancé, and Vertigo is one of our favorite movies. We’re trying to figure out which filming locations from the movie would be fun to check out today. Thanks for this!

[@EricMunz]

Superb and fascinating! Wonderful job in re-visiting and narrating upon all these key locations. Thank you!

[@Protokino]

Many thanks!

[@alanex5225]

Nice creepy music to back up the ride! Wonderful to visit these places.

[@kirahastings9900]

I enjoyed this video. One thing left out was the location of the mansion where Carlotta supposedly lived. It was located at the corner of Gough and Eddy Streets. I was in the 5th grade at the Catholic school next door when the movie was made. In a wide shot taken from the park across the street you can see the cyclone fence of the schoolyard. We were kept in the back yard during the filming so we didn't see much. The school was located in a victorian. Most of that block was torn down in the early 60s. As for Scotty's apartment building, the facade was blocked off some years ago because the owner was fed up with constant tourists hanging out and leaving their trash behind. If I owned it, I'd be more friendly, like the owner of the Doubtfire house.

[@disneydadcanada3294]

Great job. Vertigo is one of my favourite movies. Thanks for doing this.

[@alanex5225]

Thank you for this very informative video which depicts the locations of Vertigo, a sensational movie.

[@fabianpersic]

MAGNÍFICO TRABAJO!!! Gracias por compartirlo! Saludos desde Buenos Aires,

[@Protokino]

Muchas gracias! Saludos desde San Francisco!

[@tinamcmullen4944]

Thanks for this video! So detailed. I loved it so much! My favourite film of all time!

[@jonboz7585]

Amazing work you've done with these locations. Just today I watched the Harris-Katz restoration of the film. There are a lot of extras on this particular Bluray DVD, including commentary by director William Friedkin. I came back to your clip to rewatch your work and it perfectly complemented the restoration. Thanks for all your work.

[@Protokino]

Glad you liked it, thanks!

[@DeltaRana4]

Another superb production. Excellent. Many thanks.

[@cobbyclan3466]

Wonderful video for fans of the film, thanks for posting.

[@Protokino]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bfisch81]

Glad I found your channel. Love these location videos - keep em coming!

[@Protokino]

More to come, glad you liked them!

[@zoso73]

This is art about art. Subscribed.

[@princehide2650]

Thank you for this video.

[@alandlearned8192]

Very entertaining. It's one of my favorite films. I enjoy the hobby of visiting film locations as well.

[@mikeb5660]

Scottie's apartment exterior did look the same for the longest time, also Ernie's restaurant did too (I visited it in the 80's when it did look the same) before it was remodeled in the 90's and eventually closed.

[@Protokino]

Wish I could've seen that!

[@castletracker]

@@Protokino I wish you could too. The brothers still owned it, and I asked the waiter about them and one came out from the back. He took us upstairs to the 'Ambrosia room', the room replicated in the movie and it was still the same, red wallpaper and everything. Then he showed us a signed framed 8x10 of Jimmy Stewart, Hitchcock, Kim Novak and the brothers posing in the restaurant. He said they'd visited alot over the years..this was in 1987.

[@Protokino]

@@castletracker Cool! I don't think the restaurant was replicated at the studio, I read during my research that the restaurant was one of the places where they shot on location. Unless you heard otherwise...?

[@castletracker]

@@Protokino Herbert Coleman his right hand man said it was replicated at Paramount. In fact they had already dismantled the set when Hitch realized a closeup of Madeline as she stops in front Stewart had to be picked up again. So Coleman had to do his best to mock up that back red wall. But on visiting the restaurant I saw the actual room/bar/dining area was pretty small...there was just no way a Vistavision camera was getting in there to shoot the scene. It made sense...Hitchcock once said 'The mere construction of a room does not build it for the camera, which must always be the aim', and here there definitely wasn't the room on the actual location. But Hitchcock it was replicated in every detail...the background sounds could even have been real or at least the props used for the sound, since in his unproduced final film, he was insistent on using the actual sounds of the waiters, and background sounds of the '21' restaurant in NY, which he planned to use in the film, another of his favorite restaurants like Ernie's...

[@Yowzoe]

@@castletracker that's some deep knowledge! Growing up in SF Ernies was on the shortlist of very top-tier restaurants, it had the prestige and it charged the prices!

[@Kat-id7rz]

I love this video and the movie.

[@3751642]

Thank you! Excellent presentation. I enjoyed the split screen for comparison.

[@Protokino]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewbird57]

You do a good job on these bro. Thanks for doing all these California locales I can go check out myself.

[@Protokino]

Glad you like them! Have fun on your visits!

[@berndcassel2581]

Brilliant

[@KP-qu9gx]

Great work 👏👏

[@suryoardi7109]

Ah, one of my best thriller movie, nice many place still can be access now

[@garryscott1813]

exceptional details. Congrats

[@Protokino]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@whataduffaA]

Great work.

[@Protokino]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mundoquime2047]

Wow, excelent! Me cautivó totalmente. Y tu con ese sombrero lucias igual al actor principal. Congrats!

[@Protokino]

Ja ja! Gracias!

[@c.keefer332]

Very well done!!

[@Protokino]

Thank you very much!

[@sebbynio]

I just can't wait for your next movie. Great job! Superb.

[@Protokino]

Thank you very much! Next video just posted today, "Shadow of a Doubt" locations! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jauqg3uofaafjM0

[@morriganwitch]

Fascinating xxx

[@Isprd1]

Excellent job! Fun...

[@Protokino]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dlklug]

This is one of the neatest uses of an I Ching symbol in film. Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). The iron work design on the red railing is the Hexagram 52 of the I Ching. Hexagram 52 denotes keeping still or meditation or mountain. Which kind of fits with Jimmy Stewart's character in the film. He's suffering from fits of vertigo from his near fall in the opening chase scene of the film so he basically has to keep still and meditate upon avoiding heights for the entire rest of the movie.

[@stewie3126]

Wow, you did a great job finding the exact locations. And you kind of confirmed what I've always assumed, that Madeline/Judy is aware of Scotty following her the day she goes to the flower shop etc.

[@Protokino]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DerStef69]

Hi, great job, I love your videos! Greetings from Germany. 🇩🇪

[@Protokino]

Danke, willkommen auf meinem KZbin-Kanal!

[@DerStef69]

Vielen Dank, dass du auf deutsch geantwortet hast! 😊

[@kathleenhorner9296]

Wow! Thank you!

[@ste-jo5867]

Thanks for your great work.Greetings from cologne,germany,your new fan.Just subscribed!

[@Protokino]

Danke und willkommen auf meinem youtube kanal!

[@JVanDevere]

You're the best! Thanks! :)

[@Protokino]

You're the best! Thanks!

[@igorpbeatle]

muito bom,parabens pelo trabalho

[@roychefets6961]

Good job!

[@fillasuffer]

Nice job. Appreciate all the meticulous detail in recreating all the shots. I think you missed an obvious one: Mission Dolores at 16th St & Dolores St. This is where Madeleine visits Carlotta's grave. Otherwise, excellent job.

[@VERYOLDTIMER1]

Love the videos you must have looked far and in between to have all that info how did you find all this out ?

[@Protokino]

Google search, there some great websites for filming locations. The one I use the most is movie-locations.com/

[@VERYOLDTIMER1]

@@Protokino thanks

[@christopher3386]

What about Mission Dolores? And the McKittrick Hotel? And Muir Woods?

[@Protokino]

Mission Dolores is still there but McKittrick hotel has long since been demolished. The Muir Woods scene was actually filmed at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, which were ravaged by fire in 2020.

[@christopher3386]

@@Protokino Thx

[@elementalb3m957]

McKittrick Hotel was demolished about a year after the movie released

[@ixtlandelrio8]

Very Good ! Me gusto mucho. Sobre todo los cambios de escenario : de la pelicula al dia de hoy, de regreso a la pelicula. y tu actuacion !!

[@aneilic]

Great work . Je suis venue de france pour visiter tous les lieux de tournages des films d'alfred hitchcock. Je suis allee à big basin egalement qui semble etre le lieu où madeleine est au milieu des grands arbres sequoias (vertigo). Je suis allee à bodega bay aussi, lieu de tournage des oiseaux.... the tide's wharf and potter school house. Le livre "footsteps in the fog" est une mine d'information. Comme j'aurais aimé entrer dans la propriete de scott's valley, je suis restee au portail, dommage. Votre reportage est tres bien realisé et bravo pour les reperages.

[@Protokino]

Super, je suis canadien français donc j’ai tout bien compris! Je ne connais pas “footsteps in the fog”. En effet je suis allé à Big Basin en 2019, avant que ça prenne feu 🔥. Vous êtes allé récemment? Merci bien pour votre message!

[@aneilic]

Big basin en septembre 2019, je ne savais pas que le feu avait fait des ravages la bas..

[@SallySallySallySally]

Thanks for another visit to the filming locations of a Hitchcock movie. I guess you were getting hassled about the music because there was none of the movie's original music used here, and Bernard Herrmann's compositions for this movie are probably the best of his entire catalog. Baldocchi was an iconic florist in San Francisco for over a hundred years, but has now become an online-only floral delivery service. Thanks again. You did another fine job.

[@Protokino]

I was indeed! I had to create this poor facsimile of Bernard Herrmann in garage band.

[@Yowzoe]

@@Protokino 🎼good effort!

[@hebneh]

For some reason, the color green is a recurring theme in "Vertigo". Madeleine's car is green, the boxes and delivery truck and delivery motorcycle of the Podesta Baldocchi florist are all green, when Judy first is spotted she's dressed all in green and she stops in front of the aforementioned green florist truck while Scotty stares at her, and just before she reaches the Empire Hotel with its green sign (and green sidewalk awning) she walks past the green storefront of the El Camino Beauty Salon.

[@Protokino]

Also used prominently in Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho (1998). It was meant to represent evil. What do you think it represents in this movie?

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

+THE GREEN IN SCENE @ THE SUPPOSED MUIR WOODS, which is not but another loc near ...Mento

[@leephillips2837]

this is awesome

[@master-kq3nw]

Scotty house so.change great too se this location excellent.movie

[@arturo.tbarcenilla2658]

Thanks

[@lenm2857]

I wonder if the flowers painted on the wall in the alley are a reference to the flower shop (that's not really there)?

[@Protokino]

Oh yeah, I hadn't thought of that. That would be cool. Let's say yes.

[@poetcomic1]

Notice that the whole time Scotty is following Madeleine his car is ALWAYS going down, down, down. He is never shown driving up.

[@jeffzest8393]

Nice! Up close and personal and did fantastic research! And relatively current! And no freaking EBS signal at beginning of video. Why do some people do that?! Thx.

[@jeffzest8393]

Movie question: Judy has two residences; i.e., The hotel where desk clerk did not see her (reason did not include?; ok, see you answered earlier); and the large complex shown in this video? Great job!

[@hebneh]

I read that for years, the fake tombstone of Carlotta Valdez was kept in the graveyard of the mission church which Scotty sees when he follows Madeleine, but now it's gone.

[@dtna]

Nice video. Too bad that the cities of SF and LA are now so ridden with crime and the homeless. 😢 When I went to San Juan Batista in the '60s, it smelled so dusty and musty.

[@planespeaking]

The house looks very similar they've just moved the front door ninety degrees and built a wall. The window frames are the same

[@Fanfanbalibar]

I saw it in1996 and years after until 2002 and it was still like it used to be in the movie ! (I walked by there because I had an early morning breakfast at Lombard and Jackson !

[@Marvel66666]

4:03/4:38 Fantastic

[@ut561]

great video ;) only suggestion is sometimes you turned the music volume way up for some reason when you were not talking, that was annoying and necessary.

[@Protokino]

Thanks for the tip

[@felixrodolpho]

So, a person can't take a picture on the bridge with the same framing as Madeleine is filmed in the movie?

[@vaginaa_pervert7516]

San Francisco bad weather it's cold

[@MichaelDJ68]

It seems you can't be a real KZbinr without doing a Vertigo film locations video (I should know--wink).

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

There were fewer ugly fences and guardrails in the past.

[@hollbri2]

everything looked better in 1958-most of all the cars

[@bilirkisi7819]

I like movies shot in real and natural environments. I don't like movies shot in studio and using computer effects.

[@markh7147]

The CITY looks dead

[@relaxingnature2617]

you started the video with a lie -- you said "cold" feb morning -- but you are in a t-shirt --- as a Canadian i can tell you that your idea of cold is a *insult* to people who must endure *actual cold* -- you should take a trip to the yukon or baffin island or Canadian rockies in febuary

[@Protokino]

Haha it's funny you should say that as I am also a Canadian. Yes not cold like Canada but cold for San Francisco (this was shot in February)!

[@MrKenstar2]

Good job