This is the last review I've got left unposted from the recent reviewing competition at the Lamb, I hope you enjoy it. Is it really possible for North by Northwest to live up to its hype? It’s rare to find a Top Films list deprived of its inclusion, it features scenes that have become the stuff of legend, that also tend to top Best Scene lists, and it’s one of the greatest movies ever made by one of the greatest directors who ever lived.
If you haven’t seen it yet, then I strongly advise you to
stop reading anything about it and go and watch it now, for North by Northwest
is truly a tremendous film that is best enjoyed with as little outside
knowledge as possible. When Cary Grant’s Roger O. Thornhill quips shortly after
being kidnapped into the back of a car, “Don’t tell me where we’re going,
surprise me,” this is not merely Hitchcock’s intentions for Thornhill, but for
all of us watching as well.
