Picnic Blu-ray Review - Page 3

Yes, absolutely. Vertigo is my favorite film and Picnic is one of my favorites.

People have speculated on this very point but I don't think there is any evidence about Taylor's intentions here.

Actually, the town has a slightly different name on a newspaper, but the railroad setting is clearly Salina.

BTW, there is also another actor (besides Kim Novak) who appears in both Picnic and Vertigo. Raymond Bailey, who plays Mr. Benson (Alan's father) also plays Scottie's doctor in Vertigo.

Thanks! I think there is a connection there....I know this is going too far, but for a second to me it almost seemed like Vertigo was telling the story what might have happened to this person who escaped Salina, and then three years later...Just a thought.

If only she had said, "My name is Madge Owens. I'm from Salina, Kansas. Here is my driver's license!"

That's very Twilight Zone. Actually, although several scenes were shot in Salina (they also used Halstead and Nickerson as primary locations), William Inge himself was from Independence, Kansas, and the Neewollah Festival takes place there. Yes, it's a real annual event.

I'm guessing (a total guess) that this minor script change in Vertigo happened on-set and at the last minute. Her character is from a small town in the Midwest, and Kim herself or someone there probably suggested Salina as an insider's nod to Picnic. It doesn't sound like it could have been preplanned months in advance as part of the screenplay adaptation.