Vertigo Trailer 1957 (Historical films)

This historical text links to Sex and the city in many ways however also differs. Similarly to the Sex and the city girls the women in Vertigo are represented as glam, sophisticated and sexy however they are also represented as always needing the male figure to rescue them and be the hero. At the start of the film we see a painting of a women and the real women sitting in front of it suggesting that women were idealized and important in that century and were not just seen as housewives.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VERTIGO MOVIE (from wikipeadia)

Vertigo (1958) is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak and featuring Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore. The film, which was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac, tells the story of a retired policeman who falls in love with a mysterious woman he has been hired to follow. Although it received mixed reviews on its first release, the film has since gained in esteem and is frequently ranked among the best films ever made.