It's kinda late and I have to get myself ready for the new season of South Park, so I'm just gonna knock this one out quick. I rented this film because I wanted to become more familiar with Hitchcock. This is only the second film of his I have seen (the first being Psycho), and now he is 2 for 2. I found North By Northwest to be a very entertaining, taught thriller. I was not blown away by Cary Grant, but his performance was still good nonetheless. Hitchcock directed the film really well, and I thought many scenes were shot very well. There was one scene where Grant enters Eva Marie Saint's hotel room, and the entire room is a sort of grey color, very bland. Saint on the other hand, wore a vibrant red dress that I ignored at first. Then I started thinking of what her character represented up to that point in the film, and I realized the red dress could have been a symbol of how she used lust and passion to lure Grant to that crop field. Maybe. That's what I like to believe anyway.
Alright I really gotta go now, sorry for the brevity. In conclusion, I really enjoyed the film, James Mason is creepy, and Eva Marie Saint was a freakin hottie back in '59.
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13 years ago
My father's favorite film. I've seen it a htousand times and it still ropes me in. And that blue suit Grant wears steals the film. I had to laugh when EMS says she's 26 years old. She's closer to 40.
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