In turn, Vertigo's love theme makes a poignant return in North by Northwest, as does the vertigo chord when Cary Grant and EvaMarieSaint have their turn clutching Hitchcock's precipice.
If that sounds sort of familiar, that's hardly a surprise: At times, this storyline seems to be a combination of James Bond-meets-Alfred Hitchcock in "North By Northwest, " (1959) with Newton playing the role portrayed by EvaMarieSaint in the Hitchcock film.