Alfred Hitchcock needs no introduction. Yet for the uninitiated, Hitchcock is known as the master of thriller and suspense in cinema and North by Northwest (1959) is arguably one of his best and most commercially successful works.
It is the story of an innocent New York advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and his life takes an unexpected turn. Like all Hitchcock films, the thrill and suspense will keep you glued to your seats till the end.
Watch out for the opening credits of the film. North by Northwest is known to be the first feature film to make extended use of ‘kinetic typography’, a special type of animation technique in its opening credits. The credits fly in from off-screen and finally fade out into the film itself.
Hitchcock’s signature in his films was his cameo appearance. At the end of the opening credits,...
It is the story of an innocent New York advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and his life takes an unexpected turn. Like all Hitchcock films, the thrill and suspense will keep you glued to your seats till the end.
Watch out for the opening credits of the film. North by Northwest is known to be the first feature film to make extended use of ‘kinetic typography’, a special type of animation technique in its opening credits. The credits fly in from off-screen and finally fade out into the film itself.
Hitchcock’s signature in his films was his cameo appearance. At the end of the opening credits,...
- 1/14/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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