A scene from Vertigo 1958
Madeleine

It's as though I-I were walking down a long corridor that once was mirrored. And fragments of that mirror still hang there. And when I come to the end of the corridor, there's nothing but darkness. And I know that when I walk into the darkness, that I'll die. I've never come to the end. I've always come back before then, except once.

Scottie

Yesterday? [She nods agreement.] And you didn't know. You didn't know what happened till you found yourself in the...you didn't know where you were. But the small scenes, the fragments of the mirror, do you remember those?

Madeleine

Vaguely.

Scottie

What do you remember?

Madeleine

There's a room and I sit there alone, always alone.

Scottie

What else?

Madeleine

A grave.

Scottie

Where?

Madeleine

I don't know. It's an open grave, and I, I stand by the gravestone looking down into it. It's my grave.

Scottie

But how do you know?

Madeleine

I know.

Scottie

Is there a name on the gravestone?

Madeleine

No. It's new and clean and waiting.

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