Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The film was shot on location in San Francisco, California, and at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. It is the first film to use the dolly zoom, an in-camera effect that distorts perspective to create disorientation, to convey Scottie's acrophobia. As a result of it's use in this film, the effect is often referred to as the "Vertigo effect". Vertigo received mixed reviews upon initial release, but is now often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career. - Side A - 1 Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop 2 Madeleine and Carlotta's Portrait 3 The Beach 4 Farewell and the Tower 5 The Nightmare and Dawn - Side B - 1 Love Music 2 The Necklace and the Return and Finale 3 Bonus Tracks - Original Soundtrack Recordings from Alfred Hitchcock Films 4 Theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Funeral March of a Marionette) 5 From the Television Series - Theme from Dial M for Murder 6 Mouvements Perpetuels from Rope 7 Theme from the Trouble with Harry 8 Juke Box #6 from Rear Window 9 Prologue; Duet for Four Feet from Strangers on a Train