Review of North by Northwest (1959) by Kkl10 A — 05 Apr 2014

North by Northwest (1959) - 8.

A thriller revolving around a slightly eccentric and innocent advertising executive who is wrongly identified as a government secret agent (among other things throughout the movie) and eventually finds himself in epic imbroglio. A silly movie, intentionally silly, very well done with a spice of lighthearted comedy with its proper dose of intelligence. I like this movie more than I would presume in light of its apparently lighthearted premiss, mostly due to the wonderful cinematography (OH WHY?!! Why didn't Hitchcock shoot Vertigo like this? ARGGHHH!!!) and of course Hitchcock masterful cinematic skills. At numerous moments of the film, Hitchcock really shows he knows how to move and place the camera like few others, like a genius. The famous cereal crop scene deserves all notoriety, I'll never forget it, I can only imagine how off guard people were caught by it when the film was released, fantastically accomplished. Several others scenes got hard printed in my memory just as well as Eva Marie Saint soothing eye magnet beauty! Oh how I would love to be the reckless Roger Thornhill myself!