North By Northwest Review.
North By Northwest is a thriller that was produced and directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock during 1959. The film follows the life of innocent Roger Thorhill who is mistaken for a secret spy named George Kaplan.
Throughout this film we see a number of high adrenaline action scenes that will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat through use of attention stealing suspense. The first major action scene will see in the film is when Roger is getting chased by Vandamm's people. During this scene we see Roger attempting to make a getaway from his kidnappers whilst intoxicated. When things take a turn for the worst, or for better in some aspects when Roger is pulled over and arrested by the police. Hitchcock created a huge amount of suspense throughout this scene as the audience pretty much had no idea what was going to happen. Was he going to drive of the edge of the cliff and fall to his death as the kidnappers planned? Or was he going to make an amazing getaway from the enemy?
Proceeding through the film we see Roger attempt to find this 'George Kaplan' in order to get answers on why he is being hunted. However, through this process we see that Roger is mistaken for murdering Townsend who was actually killed via a throwing knife from Valerian. Roger then goes on the run from the law, still attempting to find Kaplan. During a train journey we see him meet a lady who claims she will help him to meet Kaplan and arranges a meeting place for Roger to meet.
Thus bringing us on to the next scene, the crop-duster scene. This is arguably the best scene throughout the film. The scene builds up huge amounts of suspense for the audience as we do not know what this 'George Kaplan' looks like. As cars and buses pass, we are more and more attached to the screen as we desperately want to know what is going to happen to Thornhill. Will he be shot? Or will he finally meet Kaplan? Then we see a man getting dropped of in a car at the bus stop just across the road from Thornhill, we immediately then start to think that this is Kaplan, however we then realize that he is not. We then see the plane hurrying towards him, looking like a game of cat and mouse. Roger does everything he can to avoid death and stay hidden, then an oil tanker comes along which almost takes Roger out! The plane still hurrying towards him at this point smashes into the oil tanker resulting in a huge explosion. During the times when this film was recorder, explosions and stunts seen in this film would have been incredibly hard to perform. Lots of people liked the film as the stunts was of a very high standard, many of which hats would have rarely been used.
In the end we see the plot come clear, as the huge red herring is revealed. Personally I really like this film as throughout the film certain things happen that make you create your own perception of what is going on but then, get proved wrong at the end, as we see many interesting twists and the truth becomes clear.
Throughout this film we see a number of high adrenaline action scenes that will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat through use of attention stealing suspense. The first major action scene will see in the film is when Roger is getting chased by Vandamm's people. During this scene we see Roger attempting to make a getaway from his kidnappers whilst intoxicated. When things take a turn for the worst, or for better in some aspects when Roger is pulled over and arrested by the police. Hitchcock created a huge amount of suspense throughout this scene as the audience pretty much had no idea what was going to happen. Was he going to drive of the edge of the cliff and fall to his death as the kidnappers planned? Or was he going to make an amazing getaway from the enemy?
Proceeding through the film we see Roger attempt to find this 'George Kaplan' in order to get answers on why he is being hunted. However, through this process we see that Roger is mistaken for murdering Townsend who was actually killed via a throwing knife from Valerian. Roger then goes on the run from the law, still attempting to find Kaplan. During a train journey we see him meet a lady who claims she will help him to meet Kaplan and arranges a meeting place for Roger to meet.
Thus bringing us on to the next scene, the crop-duster scene. This is arguably the best scene throughout the film. The scene builds up huge amounts of suspense for the audience as we do not know what this 'George Kaplan' looks like. As cars and buses pass, we are more and more attached to the screen as we desperately want to know what is going to happen to Thornhill. Will he be shot? Or will he finally meet Kaplan? Then we see a man getting dropped of in a car at the bus stop just across the road from Thornhill, we immediately then start to think that this is Kaplan, however we then realize that he is not. We then see the plane hurrying towards him, looking like a game of cat and mouse. Roger does everything he can to avoid death and stay hidden, then an oil tanker comes along which almost takes Roger out! The plane still hurrying towards him at this point smashes into the oil tanker resulting in a huge explosion. During the times when this film was recorder, explosions and stunts seen in this film would have been incredibly hard to perform. Lots of people liked the film as the stunts was of a very high standard, many of which hats would have rarely been used.
In the end we see the plot come clear, as the huge red herring is revealed. Personally I really like this film as throughout the film certain things happen that make you create your own perception of what is going on but then, get proved wrong at the end, as we see many interesting twists and the truth becomes clear.
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