North by Northwest is a film of perpetual motion. From the opening sequence shows the busy streets of Manhattan for the final image of a train in a tunnel, not a wasted moment in the film. This movie never stops to breathe and reflect, it's just racing forward. As the notes of a song every scene has a direct influence on that later. During the production of North by Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rear Window) said that they do not, a> Movies such as "build a body ... we push this agreement and the audience laughs now, we push this agreement and gasp, and keep their notes and giggling."
Great directors are often praised as "a great storyteller." The important thing to remember is that this does not refer to a comment on the quality of the story, but the quality. Robert Altman (MASH, Nashville), once said he was not interested in stories, there are only 7 or 8 floorsabout ... I'm interested in, meet people who had never met before, and seeing things that I've never seen before. "Watching North by Northwest, it is difficult to imagine that Hitchcock would not agree.
The unique features of the site for the Northwest are so insignificant our hero did not even know them at the end of the image. Cary Grant (His Girl Friday, Philadelphia Story) is a man mistaken for another, and consequently in a deadly game washed out of his control andUnderstanding. While this "story" from North by Northwest may be, "History" is not the reason we're on the edge of our seats for two hours. What keeps us busy is an artist plying his craft. As a singer uses his voice, Hitchcock uses his camera, editing, music and performance of actors to bring in an emotional journey. Cinema in its purest form, is not a spiritual experience, but emotional.
The most famous sequence of the film, Cary Grant's character is attractedout in an open field, in a deserted street, until attacked by a mop crop specific. On paper it seems completely absurd. There are ways much easier than to kill a man of culture-duster, but it never happens to us during the film, because we are so emotionally in the scene. If anyone has ever wondered what all the fuss Hitchcock, was the scene observed are, you understand everything you need to about his genius. The scene lasts six minutes, is almost devoid of dialogue andconsists mainly of passing cars on the road. What sounds silly on paper, and would be bored under the direction of many, is a thrilling and exciting scenes in cinema history.
What makes North by Northwest is not a particularly iconic scene here or there, but so many disparate elements come together in a coherent whole. Ernest Lehman, author of North by Northwest said contributing to "the ultimate Hitchcock film" meant, and it is easy to see what he means.Hitchcock returned to the same themes and styles again and again throughout his career, and almost all of them appeared in the film, the dominant parent figure, innocent people accused of sexual jealousy, often studied Sun James Mason (Lolita, A Star Is Born) stars as the suave villain necessary and Eva Marie Saint (Grand Prix, "Superman Returns") is a perfect example of a Hitchcock blonde ice. The danger is real and tangible, as in any Hitchcock film, but does not workShun comedy. And 'this very balance of light and darkness, the casting of Cary Grant makes it so important.
Cary Grant was not only an actor, was a trademark. As every film star before or after Grant formed so that the image was from the movie. Cary Grant is a character before he was always walking on the set. Grant was beautiful, smart, funny, elegant, masculine and refined, but he did not seem shallow or removed. It 'was this tension inside theperfect centerpiece for North by Northwest. He could be funny or sexy has never taken the field the margin of scrotum or decreases risk.
North by Northwest is a film that did not, and I suspect that never get old. And 'home in 2010 just as exciting as it was on the big screen in 1959. North by Northwest was made by one of the titans of the film at the height of his powers. Although no end to what Hitchcock was the largest to be supported is uninterestingDoubt one of the largest and emotionally engaging. If you saw the movie a dozen times or this is your introduction to Hitchcock for a ride you will be ready as soon not forget.
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