Mu 1957, mkulu wazaka 58 dzina lake Alfred Hitchcock, yemwe anali ndi mafilimu opitirira 40, anajambula filimu yake ya Vertigo ku San Francisco.
James Stewart, yemwe ndi nyenyezi za m'mafilimu monga Johnny (Scottie) Ferguson, Kim Novak monga Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton ndi mzinda wa San Francisco.
Malinga ndi Herbert Coleman, Vertigo wothandizira wolemba, Hitchcock nthawi zambiri ankatenga malo ndikusintha nkhani yoti iwonedwe kumeneko.
Iye ankakonda kusonyeza malo ozoloŵera ndi kuwonetsa kupotoza kwa kuipa. Atangoyamba kuona San Francisco, adanena kuti zikanakhala malo abwino kuti aphedwe, ndipo anasankha buku lachifalansa la D'Entre les Morts (Kuchokera Pakati pa Akufa). Ndi nkhani yachinyengo ndi kudzikuza, za chikondi zomwe zinatayika ndi kubwereranso, ndipo ndithudi, zimathera ndi siginecha la Hitchcock.
Mafilimuwo sanalandire bwino atatulutsidwa mu 1958, koma yakhazikitsa zotsatirazi. Martin Scorsese akunenedwa kuti Vertigo "ali ngati kukongola, kokongola kwambiri, pafupi ndi usiku." Brad Lang, yemwe ndi katswiri wa mafilimu, anati: "Sindikudziwa kuti filimuyo ndi yotani, koma mosasamala kanthu kuti mukuganiza kuti filimuyi ndi chithunzi cha Hitchcock, kapena kuti kusokoneza maganizo kudzera mu maganizo ake opotoka, muyenera kuvomereza kuti zikuwonetsa kuchoka ku malo ambiri a San Francisco. "
Zina mwa mafilimuwa anali enieni, koma palinso ma studio 50.
Pa malo enieni, ambiri amakhalabe osasintha. Jesse Warr wa A Friend in Town, amene amapereka Vertigo Tour, amawafotokozera motere: "Malo a Vertigo amawunikira mazenera, mafashoni ndi nthawi za San Francisco". Kuwayendera onsewo kumatenga nthawi zambiri ndipo mudzafunikira galimoto (kapena kusungirako ndi Jesse) kuti muwafikire onsewo.
Mapu amapereka mwachidule za zojambulazo 'malo.
- Mission Dolores : (3321 Street Sixteen) Madeleine akuyendera manda a Carlotta Valdes pano (komanso studio prop). Yakhazikitsidwa mu 1776, inali yachitatu mu mndandanda wa mautumiki 21 ku California ndipo idatumikira anthu oyambirira a m'deralo, Aimwenye a ku South America.
- Nyumba ya Legion ya Ulemu : (Lincoln Park pafupi ndi 34th Avenue ndi Clement) Madeleine akuyang'anitsitsa pajambula la Carlotta Valdes mkati (chithunzicho chinali filimu). Yakhazikitsidwa ndi Alma de Bretteville Spreckels ndi mwamuna wake Adolph B. Spreckels (magnesi ya shuga), anamangidwira pa Panama Pacific International Exposure ya 1915, koma idakhazikitsidwa kuyambira pachiyambi monga musemu wa luso labwino.
- Fort Point : (pansi pa chigwa chakumwera cha Bridge Gate) Madeleine akudumphira m'madzi muno. Musati mupite kukayang'ana masitepe omwe Scotty amanyamula iye; iwo anamangidwira kwa kanema. Fort Point inayambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1800 ndipo idakulitsa kale ntchito itatha. Joseph Strauss, bambo wa Gate Gate ya Golden Gate, anaumiriza kuti mlathowu ukhale wotsimikiza kuti usasokoneze chitukuko cha mbiri yakale.
- Nyumba ya Zapamwamba: (3301 Lyon Street) Msewu wa Scotty ndi Madeleine pafupi ndi otsalira okhawo a 1915 Pan Pacific, omwe adakali otchuka kwa okonda.
- Scottie's Apartment: (Msewu wa 900 Lombard ku Jones) Ndiwo pansi pa phiri kuchokera ku msewu wotchuka "crookedest".
- Ernie's: (847 Montgomery) Scottie akuyamba kukumana ndi Madeleine pano, koma bar tsopano yatsekedwa ndipo nyumbayi ikusandulika kukhala condominiums.
- Mtsinje wa Nob: Mudzapeza nyumba ya Madeleine, The Brocklebank Apartments, pa 1000 Mason kudutsa Fairmont Hotel ndi Empire Hotel kumene Judy ankakhala pa 940 Sutter Street, pafupi Hyde. Dzina lasintha, koma nyumbayi idakalipo.
Pachithunzi chomwe chinadulidwa kuchokera ku kanema, Gavin Elster, mwamuna wa Madeleine akuti: "Mukudziwa zomwe San Francisco zimachita kwa anthu omwe sanayambe awonapo kale ... Zonse zokhudza mzindawu zinamukondweretsa, amayenera kuyenda pamapiri onse, kufufuza m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kuwona nyumba zonse zakale ndikuyendayenda m'misewu yakale, ndipo pamene adadza pa chinthu chosasinthika, chinachake chomwe chinali chomwecho, chisangalalo chake chinali champhamvu kwambiri, cholemera kwambiri!
Zinthu izi zinali zake. "Mwinamwake mungapeze pang'ono chikondi cha Madeleine pamzindawu mutangomaliza ulendowu.
Kumayambiriro koyamba, Scottie akuti: "Sindingathe kupita ku barolo la Top of Mark, koma pali mipiringidzo yambiri mumsewu uno." Ngati simukuvutika ndi vuto la Scottie, chakumwa ku Top of Mark ku Mark Hopkins Hotel (1 Nob Hill, California ku Mason) ndipo chotupa kwa Scottie ndi Madeleine chidzakhala njira yabwino yotsiriza.