In an influential poll of film critics, the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Vertigo has for the first time replaced Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane as the best film ever made. The poll by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight & Sound has been carried out every ten years since 1952. The magazine's editor Nick James explained why the Welles film is no longer No.1.
根据电影评论家的一次有影响力的投票调查中,阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的惊悚片《迷魂记》首次取代奥逊·威尔斯的经典片《公民凯恩》,成为至今拍摄的最佳影片。这次调查由英国电影学院的杂志《视觉和声音》所做,该杂志自1952年开始每十年就做一次调查。杂志编辑尼克·詹姆斯解释为何威尔斯的影片不再是第一名。
"At the time, the plot was seen as slightly ludicrous – you know, this policeman is meant to have vertigo at a certain moment in order for a crime to be committed – well, that's right, the fanciful. And it was seen as so at the time. But over time, with repeated viewings, because this film has such rich psychological layers of the investigation into the personalities involved. It's growing and growing in critical estimation."
“当时剧情被认为有点荒唐,你看,这名警察想在某个特定时间眩晕以便犯罪,这点很有想象力,当时人们是这样看待的。但后来经过人们多次观看,由于这部影片涉及如此丰富的多个心理层面人格的调查,就获得越来越高的评价。”