Full Definition of SWAG. 1. : sway 1. 2. a: something (as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points: festoon b: a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches). 3. a: goods acquired by unlawful means: loot b: spoils, profits.
Both aloof and sensual, Kim Novak was cast by Hitchcock in Vertigo after original actress, Vera Miles, left due to pregnancy. Novak played the dual role of Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster, who becomes the sole obsession of acrophobic police detective John Scottie Ferguson (Stewart).
Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in vertigo. Alfred Hitchcockâs Fade to Black: The Great Directorâs Final Days David Freeman December 12, 2014. In vertigo there's a strange cut in the first bell-tower sequence. Alfred Hitchcockâs Fade to Black: The Great Directorâs Final Days David Freeman December 12, 2014. Impossibly, even through thick glass, I felt a twinge of vertigo. Philippe Petitâs Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope Anthony Haden-Guest August 7, 2014. Almodovar has always been a fan of Hitchcock, but this time, he goes absolutely Psycho (and vertigo).