Hitchcock is called the Master of Suspence for a reason. N by NW is divided in 4 parts: In 1st part, the hero doesn't know what's going on and neither do we. In 2nd part, he still doesn't know, but we do (informed by the director, through the inteligence agent). In 3rd part, he knows (following the authorities' plan) and we know, too. In 4th part, he knows (improvising his own plan), but we don't!
I first saw this film on VHS in 1985, and have owned it on every home video format since. I've likely seen it 50 times or more. Great film. This summer, 36 years after seeing North By Northwest for the first time, I visited Mt Rushmore. I fucking cried. Epic. A very enjoyable reaction video, sir.
I think you missed the cause of the misunderstanding at the start. A waiter was heard paging George Kaplan, and Thornhill, co-incidentally called the waiter over a few seconds later, and was seen doing so by the gang. 2+2=5 That's why he is mistaken for Kaplan
Cary Grant the original James Bond? One of Hitchcock's greatest. He's pretty good at getting into other people's cabs.😄😄 The scene of the plane attack in the corn field is one of the most memorable in film history. Another very good Cary Grant movie to watch is 1963's Charade with Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy. It's the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made. IMDB gives it a 7.9
Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho and Rear Window are probably Hitchcock’s most overall acclaimed, referenced and influential movies. If you only watch a handful of his flicks, those are the four must-sees. However, Notorious, Shadow Of A Doubt, The 39 Steps, Frenzy, Rebecca are also some of my favs from him.
"Just happens to be a guy there with a camera." You mean like today? Where everyone has a cell phone camera out and ready to shoot anything that happens?
Exactly. Also, the characters were just outside the General Assembly, at the United Nations, where reporters and photographers would be hanging out, routinely.
One tradition that grew out of the advent of sound was the technique of shooting sync sound scenes (…dialogue…) in studio, as to properly control results. Location shooting was then reserved for wide shots and transitions (…people getting in and out of cabs for instance…). Cutting back and forth from studio to location was more forgiving in Black & White. The 50’s, was a time of major advances in widescreen processes (like VistaVision) and also single-strip color photography, but filming techniques like rear projection were still in use for car scenes and controlling lighting and dialogue (like noisy train platforms and moving cameras). Old habits die hard.
One of my favorite little bloopers is at 17:25- the little boy seen to the right of the woman with the gun plugs his ears well before the shot. He must have had a few previous takes and this time he was going to be ready.
Hitchcock is always playing with the viewer's expectations - and there's no better example than the scene with the airplane in the fields. When Kary Grant gets in the middle of nowhere, we (the viewers) KNOW he's trapped and we EXPECT an asassination attempt against him (although there is nothing around to pose a threat!). Finally, the airplane (which WAS there, from the first second of the scene) turns out to be "the enemy/the asassination weapon" we all expected! Now, of course, there's another problem: we wanted our hero to get in trouble, but NOT to get killed! How this is possible, when there's only him, unarmed, against an armed airplane and no place to hide? Well, since we want it so much, Hitchcock is offering the relief, through this crazy "plane crashing on truck" finale - which doesn't make sense really, but we except it, because we WANT our hero to survive! Hitchcock was the ultimate manipulator!
IndieGeekGuy, After all the years since this movie came people still take a long distant train journey's. Hopeing that a lady like Eve Kendall will also be on the train. Hitchcock had a great time putting roadblocks in the way of true love. Cheers, Chris Perry.
"But you're in the middle of a manhunt"! But...this is the 1950's! It was pretty much understood that any "real" man of that time was going to make a pass at any attractive lady in proximity, even in the middle of stuff getting real. Or at least that was the public perception. Dudes were full of hormones and dominance back in the day. Kind of glad things changed, but still entertaining to watch.
Hitchcock is called the Master of Suspence for a reason.
N by NW is divided in 4 parts:
In 1st part, the hero doesn't know what's going on and neither do we.
In 2nd part, he still doesn't know, but we do (informed by the director, through the inteligence agent).
In 3rd part, he knows (following the authorities' plan) and we know, too.
In 4th part, he knows (improvising his own plan), but we don't!
A Hitchock masterpiece. If the bad guys had a secret laire inside the presidents' heads I think the park rangers may have noticed.
I first saw this film on VHS in 1985, and have owned it on every home video format since. I've likely seen it 50 times or more. Great film. This summer, 36 years after seeing North By Northwest for the first time, I visited Mt Rushmore. I fucking cried. Epic. A very enjoyable reaction video, sir.
3:49 If this scene proves anything, it's that an Englishman can really hold his liquor.
I think you missed the cause of the misunderstanding at the start. A waiter was heard paging George Kaplan, and Thornhill, co-incidentally called the waiter over a few seconds later, and was seen doing so by the gang. 2+2=5 That's why he is mistaken for Kaplan
Cary Grant the original James Bond? One of Hitchcock's greatest. He's pretty good at getting into other people's cabs.😄😄 The scene of the plane attack in the corn field is one of the most memorable in film history. Another very good Cary Grant movie to watch is 1963's Charade with Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy. It's the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made. IMDB gives it a 7.9
Another Cary Grant / Alfred Hitchcock collaboration to watch is To Catch a Thief.
Yes I always think this is the best Bond film!
Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho and Rear Window are probably Hitchcock’s most overall acclaimed, referenced and influential movies. If you only watch a handful of his flicks, those are the four must-sees. However, Notorious, Shadow Of A Doubt, The 39 Steps, Frenzy, Rebecca are also some of my favs from him.
Don't forget Strangers On A Train ... it's tremendously enjoyable.
@@fringelilyfringelily391 I'll second that!!
Also add "The Man Who Knew Too Much" the 1956 film not the 1934 one and "Notorious" as well.
"Just happens to be a guy there with a camera." You mean like today? Where everyone has a cell phone camera out and ready to shoot anything that happens?
Exactly. Also, the characters were just outside the General Assembly, at the United Nations, where reporters and photographers would be hanging out, routinely.
One tradition that grew out of the advent of sound was the technique of shooting sync sound scenes (…dialogue…) in studio, as to properly control results. Location shooting was then reserved for wide shots and transitions (…people getting in and out of cabs for instance…). Cutting back and forth from studio to location was more forgiving in Black & White.
The 50’s, was a time of major advances in widescreen processes (like VistaVision) and also single-strip color photography, but filming techniques like rear projection were still in use for car scenes and controlling lighting and dialogue (like noisy train platforms and moving cameras). Old habits die hard.
This was James Bond before James Bond. And the dialogue was so clever! Ernest Lehman was one of the greatest screenwriters.
Cary was asked to play Bond originally. But he didn't want to commit to playing a recurring character. So they got the other guy.
"I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several baaartenders dependent on me"
One of my favorite little bloopers is at 17:25- the little boy seen to the right of the woman with the gun plugs his ears well before the shot. He must have had a few previous takes and this time he was going to be ready.
You might try Hitchcock’s Notorious. A truly great Hitch spy movie!
Great film , this and rear window are excellent .
One of my favorite Cary Grant films thanks for the reaction
This movie has so much in common with a much earlier Hitchcock classic ... The 49 Steps.
39 Steps.
@Randy White Corrected ... my typing is crap, and occasionally, so is my sub-editing.
@@fringelilyfringelily391 Just tell em that it's now 49 steps, adjusted for inflation.
Hitchcock is always playing with the viewer's expectations - and there's no better example than the scene with the airplane in the fields.
When Kary Grant gets in the middle of nowhere, we (the viewers) KNOW he's trapped and we EXPECT an asassination attempt against him (although there is nothing around to pose a threat!). Finally, the airplane (which WAS there, from the first second of the scene) turns out to be "the enemy/the asassination weapon" we all expected!
Now, of course, there's another problem: we wanted our hero to get in trouble, but NOT to get killed! How this is possible, when there's only him, unarmed, against an armed airplane and no place to hide? Well, since we want it so much, Hitchcock is offering the relief, through this crazy "plane crashing on truck" finale - which doesn't make sense really, but we except it, because we WANT our hero to survive!
Hitchcock was the ultimate manipulator!
IndieGeekGuy, After all the years since this movie came people still take a long distant train journey's. Hopeing that a lady like Eve Kendall will also be on the train. Hitchcock had a great time putting roadblocks in the way of true love. Cheers, Chris Perry.
Please, watch Manchurian Candidate.
Why don't you play a game of Solitaire?
Such a great political thriller. Angela Lansbury should have gotten an Oscar for her performance especially the speech she made towards the end.
"But you're in the middle of a manhunt"!
But...this is the 1950's!
It was pretty much understood that any "real" man of that time was going to make a pass at any attractive lady in proximity, even in the middle of stuff getting real. Or at least that was the public perception. Dudes were full of hormones and dominance back in the day. Kind of glad things changed, but still entertaining to watch.