The Great Alfred Hitchcock

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2020)

I was patient enough to see the 136-minute North By Northwest. I expected it to be a little boring. It was an old 1959 movie. However, as The opening music progressed, I began to realize that this film must be worthy of his title of The Master of Suspense. Sure enough, I sank in slowly, like a sponge. Oh, no, it's a bounce bed. It's thrilling and fascinating.
I want to admire this work which has integrated almost all shooting techniques, one unit continuous and jump.
Close up!
The lead actor, Cary Grant, is often seen in close-up. He has a handsome edge. So you see particularly for him, in the play of Roger's encounter and worried, a Russian spy targeted, was mistaken for an FBI member, is actually not there, the intelligence agency coined the "Mr.
Medium shot
Usually in Hollywood movies, men are shot in this way. Oh, the mid-shot stays on the waist, which makes the man in the camera appear larger.
Medium long shot
Several gentlemen were talking in the bar with the picture frame above their knees. It has the same meaning as a medium shot.
POV shot
It's a wonderful scene where the hero is drinking and driving after being given a big drink of bourbon. We could only see through his eyes in the headlights. The black water lapping against the shore reef, the extremely narrow coastal road, the oncoming cars, the enemy following behind, created a scene of horror. For fear that an accident might happen if he was not careful. Our hearts are gripped by Hitchcock's subjective lens.
It is interesting to note that the heroine Eve is often presented with a glance from Roger. So implicit and secret. Blonde, delicate cloud dress, such a distinctive female body is also a trick to catch the eye of the audience.
Shot/reverse shot
Positive and negative shots are used in conversations between two people. Roger&Eve had a good time talking over dinner in the train car. This kind of technique builds sweet atmosphere for them namely. Heaven and earth are quiet, the only restless is the two people of the world quietly growing feelings.
Long shot
As Roger waits in the wilderness for what he thinks is the real Mr Caplin to arrive, the film appears in a 50-second panorama. Watching the bus come from far away, we are all worried, is that "kaplin"? So the roar of the bus approaching and car shadow gradually let us disappointed again and again.
The suspense master again captures the audience's psychological activities and makes use of them.
Extreme shot
Now for the final scene, the two sides wrestle over a rock with stone statues of all the American presidents. A big panorama with the widest view. At one end of the rock, the hero and heroine are climbing down. And they can't see it, right up there is the pursuer, and we see it in this big panorama, and we're really nervous for them.
Roger pulls Eve up from a cliff, and as the camera pans, he pulls her hand up in a train car, my dear lady.
It turns out that reading movies is fun. I wish I had the courage to love movies. I want to put a bird on my shoulder and pay tribute to HITCHCOCK.