As a film from the 1950s, this plot setting was still relatively novel at the time, and even if I watch it now, I still don't feel old-fashioned. An ordinary businessman by mistake is considered to be a non-existent agent. The gang wants to control him to ask about non-existent secrets. If the authorities want to make mistakes, he plays with the gang. He wants to find a real agent to get rid of the entanglement... all kinds of coincidences. The collision of various elements together is a brilliant suspense crime film.
The film adopts a two-line mode. The beginning of the article describes his bizarre encounter from the perspective of the male protagonist. There are many suspenses, allowing the audience to follow along to guess where and who the agent they are looking for; and after the appearance of the intelligence agency, the suspense is lifted, this The fact that the audience can't laugh or cry is undoubtedly attractive, and the appearance of the heroine makes the story naturally transition to another line. The second half is no longer suspenseful, but still able to grasp the audience's heart.
I have to sigh, it’s good to be handsome. It turns out that this is already a face-seeing world... Although it looks a bit old-fashioned in makeup, hair, and clothing, there is no doubt that the male protagonist is exuding a wave all over his body. The charm of the mature man, the heroine integrates angels and charms perfectly, and is indeed the best candidate for undercover villain seduction. The classic and superb flirting plot after the male and female masters met several times, not pretentious, ambiguous, or vulgar, and pleasing to the eye, so the follow-up development will be natural.
Later I learned that at the beginning of the film, there was a bloated guy who was locked out of the door while catching a bus, and that was Hitchcock himself. Not only this one, but this one has a sense of existence. For a very interesting director, no wonder he can derive so many interesting suspense dramas.
Hitchcock is interesting and capricious. The classic scene of an airplane chasing people on the highway in the latter part of the film is the focus of everyone's discussion. Where did the plane come from? Was the enemy sent to kill him? Is it necessary to use this method? It's pesticides and machine guns, the screen is full of impact, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the development of the plot. Regarding this episode, it can be said that there are mixed praises and criticisms. What is Hitchcock’s true intentions, I don’t know, I can only comment-he is very willful...
The film can be said to be both commercial and artistic, and it is very inspiring for the development of suspense dramas later. I have watched a lot of suspenseful crime movies, and watching this movie years later, it still attracts me deeply. Hitchcock is worthy of being a master of suspense! However, I still have a question until now: what is the meaning of the name of this film north by northwest? Is it also wayward?
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