Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart—I don't know if there are two artists of that measure working together now. I have been watching the restored version of Vertigo on DVD, and I must admit it looks like the real thing. They knew how to fill a big screen back then. There's a bit at the beginning where James Stewart is just sitting in a car, but you could take that frame and blow it up and make a beautiful movie poster out of it, because of the colour and composition.
It was shot in 'Vistavision', so you really need a wide screen to enjoy this. I last saw the original in 1984, which was, apparently, the last time it was shown in theatres. (It was playing at 'The Hiland Theatre' on the Armdale Rotary in Halifax, a venue for old movies until it burnt down a while ago).
According to the information on the DVD, the movie was based on a novel called D'entre les Morts, and the working title was something like 'From among the Dead'. I would be curious to find the book. I imagine it's quite different from the final screenplay.
The music, which is such a big part of the movie, was written by Bernard Herman. It would be interesting to find out more about his work. A score for a film has to run for the length of the film, in this case 128 minutes, so it's a symphony-length work. But I suppose there are special demands. Maybe it's more like a suite, with reprised themes. You wouldn't want the music to call too much attention to itself. Sometimes I've been hanging around theatres waiting for a movie, and if you turn up early (at least in the old-fashioned theatres, not the multiplex) you can hear the music as the previous seance is going on. It's usually fairly dull, as music.