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OT: Tonight's Classic Movie - "North by Northwest"

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going to see this Hitchcock classic in the theater tonight

So far I've caught in the cinema . . . Psycho (twice), Vertigo, To Catch a Thief, and Rear Window

but I think NxNW is Hitchcock's masterpiece. one of the greatest mystery thrillers, one of Cary Grant's best films . . . great turn by Martin Landau as well . . . one of the tightest screenplays (can't believe it lost the Oscar to Pillow Talk!). . . and has one of the most intense action sequences that has been imitated, but never duplicated . . .

Hitchcock is definitely a "big screen" director (I would put him in the same category as Spielberg and Kubrick) . . . so much is lost in his films when reduced to a TV screen. He knew how to visually manipulate the film to maximize the audience's experience . . .
 
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yeahtoasty said:
I don't think it's his best, but it's definitely my favorite if that makes sense.
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do you mean Grant? what I love about his performance in this film is that it was done late in his career. He brings his entire history of acting chops to bear in this film, yet he still manages to exude that "common man" quality to create the tension in the film.

Such a fine performance. And the screenplay allows Grant to play off that trope (though it really wasn't at the time) of a guy who is beset by an evil plot in which he has no idea why it is happening, or why he is being targeted
 
Cary Grant, my favorite actor. His best performance was in Holiday, just awesome.

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do you mean Grant? what I love about his performance in this film is that it was done late in his career. He brings his entire history of acting chops to bear in this film, yet he still manages to exude that "common man" quality to create the tension in the film.

Such a fine performance. And the screenplay allows Grant to play off that trope (though it really wasn't at the time) of a guy who is beset by an evil plot in which he has no idea why it is happening, or why he is being targeted
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Sorry, I meant Hitchcock. But it's one of Grant's best performances, too. And Eva Marie Saint...well...the final shot of the movie says it all.
 
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TenerHallTerror said:
going to see this Hitchcock classic in the theater tonight

So far I've caught in the cinema . . . Psycho (twice), Vertigo, To Catch a Thief, and Rear Window

but I think NxNW is Hitchcock's masterpiece. one of the greatest mystery thrillers, one of Cary Grant's best films . . . great turn by Martin Landau as well . . . one of the tightest screenplays (can't believe it lost the Oscar to Pillow Talk!). . . and has one of the most intense action sequences that has been imitated, but never duplicated . . .

Hitchcock is definitely a "big screen" director (I would put him in the same category as Spielberg and Kubrick) . . . so much is lost in his films when reduced to a TV screen. He knew how to visually manipulate the film to maximize the audience's experience . . .
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Agree with everything you said. If you saw the other thread about 2001 I pretty much said why I like Hitch so much.
I like NxNW a lot but I think my favorite is Notorious.
My to 5 would probably go something like this...
1.) Notorious
2.) Rear Window
3.) Psycho
4.) Rebecca
5.) North by Northwest.
Honorable Mention
Life Boat
and Foreign Corespondent (for the umbrella scene alone).
 
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BBrown said:
Agree with everything you said. If you saw the other thread about 2001 I pretty much said why I like Hitch so much.
I like NxNW a lot but I think my favorite is Notorious.
My to 5 would probably go something like this...
1.) Notorious
2.) Rear Window
3.) Psycho
4.) Rebecca
5.) North by Northwest.
Honorable Mention
Life Boat
and Foreign Corespondent (for the umbrella scene alone).
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LIfe boat is often missed. But you can't have a hitchcock fav list without "the birds" which is, to me, the best syfi/suspense movie of all time.

When my wife and I were dating, we watched N x NW and went on a hitchcock spree where we rented every movie he made and watched them one by one. To me, the movie GOAT

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TenerHallTerror said:
going to see this Hitchcock classic in the theater tonight

So far I've caught in the cinema . . . Psycho (twice), Vertigo, To Catch a Thief, and Rear Window

but I think NxNW is Hitchcock's masterpiece. one of the greatest mystery thrillers, one of Cary Grant's best films . . . great turn by Martin Landau as well . . . one of the tightest screenplays (can't believe it lost the Oscar to Pillow Talk!). . . and has one of the most intense action sequences that has been imitated, but never duplicated . . .

Hitchcock is definitely a "big screen" director (I would put him in the same category as Spielberg and Kubrick) . . . so much is lost in his films when reduced to a TV screen. He knew how to visually manipulate the film to maximize the audience's experience . . .
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And here I thought you were a tech/super hero movie freak. I'm glad to learn that you have better taste in movies (films for the smug) than I supposed. Turns out you're not such a dope afterall.;):)
 
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Obliviax said:
LIfe boat is often missed. But you can't have a hitchcock fav list without "the birds" which is, to me, the best syfi/suspense movie of all time.

When my wife and I were dating, we watched N x NW and went on a hitchcock spree where we rented every movie he made and watched them one by one. To me, the movie GOAT

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Well its good just not as good as this...:)

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Well its good just not as good as this...:)
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Funny...reminded me of another movie take off that made me laugh today. The beat writer for the CLE Browns is Mary Cay Cabot (don't ask me why). She has written 597 articles on why the Browns should trade for Garofolo. today, this was posted on twitter:

Phony Rizzo Retweeted
MONEYBALL'N‏@HannahsDevon 3h3 hours ago
Boston Police department reporting a disturbance outside the Garappolo residence late Tuesday. Neighbors called it a "reoccurring event"

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BBrown said:
Agree with everything you said. If you saw the other thread about 2001 I pretty much said why I like Hitch so much.
I like NxNW a lot but I think my favorite is Notorious.
My to 5 would probably go something like this...
1.) Notorious
2.) Rear Window
3.) Psycho
4.) Rebecca
5.) North by Northwest.
Honorable Mention
Life Boat
and Foreign Corespondent (for the umbrella scene alone).
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  1. Notorious
  2. Vertigo
  3. Rear Window
  4. North by Northwest
  5. Shadow of a Doubt
I really, really like Family Plot.
 
TenerHallTerror said:
going to see this Hitchcock classic in the theater tonight

So far I've caught in the cinema . . . Psycho (twice), Vertigo, To Catch a Thief, and Rear Window

but I think NxNW is Hitchcock's masterpiece. one of the greatest mystery thrillers, one of Cary Grant's best films . . . great turn by Martin Landau as well . . . one of the tightest screenplays (can't believe it lost the Oscar to Pillow Talk!). . . and has one of the most intense action sequences that has been imitated, but never duplicated . . .

Hitchcock is definitely a "big screen" director (I would put him in the same category as Spielberg and Kubrick) . . . so much is lost in his films when reduced to a TV screen. He knew how to visually manipulate the film to maximize the audience's experience . . .
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Where is the theater located?
 
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artsandletters said:
And here I thought you were a tech/super hero movie freak. I'm glad to learn that you have better taste in movies (films for the smug) than I supposed. Turns out you're not such a dope afterall.;):)
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remember, I took my g/f to see Full Metal Jacket . . . but I personally think Kubrick's best film is Paths of Glory

one of my top 3 GOAT movies is Bridge on the River Kwai . . .
 
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TenerHallTerror said:
remember, I took my g/f to see Full Metal Jacket . . . but I personally think Kubrick's best film is Paths of Glory

one of my top 3 GOAT movies is Bridge on the River Kwai . . .
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Kwai is a great one. My parents brought me to see it when I was a little boy. WTF were they thinking? I got smacked for kicking at the seat in front of me. Hell, the bloody movie is three hours long with an intermission. I was supposed to sit still?

William Holden is one of my top five favorite actors. David Lean made great epic (proper meaning) movies.
 
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1) North By Northwest
2) Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 - can't beat Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day in the same film...and with "Que Sera Sera" as well...)
3/4 tie) Psycho and The Birds (Psycho is a great film...too bad it had to be done "on the cheap," although I suppose that adds somewhat to the appeal. The Birds is a very good film, I just have a bit of a problem with scene where the guy's eyes are pecked out - a bit grisly for me...)
5/6 tie) Rear Window and Vertigo. Both great films.
Honorable mention to Lifeboat, which I saw years ago, most likely on Turner Classic. It's a grueling, gut wrenching film - but good.
I got the Hitchcock Masterpiece blu ray set awhile back, need to watch some movies I haven't seen yet, like Family Plot, and The Trouble With Harry.
 
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have you read the American release of the novel, or the full novel with the "missing" chapter?
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Well, I read it in the late 60s. I don't recall if it was the American release though I bought it here, if that matters. I also don't recall any talk of a missing chapter. Did I miss some in-outs in-outs? I vaguely recall seeing a Burgess TV interview, probably on Dick Cavett 'cause that'd be the likely venue for him.
 
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Thanks guys, saw this thread at 6 and jumped into the car to see the flick at 7. They went through the sch of movies. I like The Graduate but what caught my interest was Bonnie and Clyde in Aug I think.
 
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artsandletters said:
Well, I read it in the late 60s. I don't recall if it was the American release though I bought it here, if that matters. I also don't recall any talk of a missing chapter. Did I miss some in-outs in-outs? I vaguely recall seeing a Burgess TV interview, probably on Dick Cavett 'cause that'd be the likely venue for him.
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there is a missing chapter that was excluded from most versions of the novel:

Clockwork Orange's Missing Ending
 
my poor g/f . . . she got to experience my film nerdgasm during the cropduster sequence

such amazing framing, juxtaposing of VERRRRY wide shots and close ups, building of tension in the sequence . . .
 
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