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North by Northwest Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-07-25 17:05:58
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2026-06
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North by Northwest (1959) - Sesskasays

Download Edit (5.1 GB) Edited Reaction Alongside the regular multi-part full, you now have the option of watching an edited version of the full movie reaction with 10-15mins of Picture-in-Picture. You can watch this edit

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Ryan

It's pretty fitting to see this movie right now, as Eva Marie Saint, who became the oldest living Hollywood star after we lost Kirk Douglas and Olivia De Havilland in 2020, hit the big triple digits this month (she's actually outlived two co-stars from her final project The Legend of Korra, Philece Sampler and Anne Heche). Also pretty neat to follow the loss of Bob Newhart with a movie featuring a variation of his iconic "straight man to a silent weirdo on the phone" routine. This movie found Hitchcock in a bit of a precarious position, as his previous film Vertigo, for all that it's now regarded as one of his absolute best, was a critical and box office flop that had a lot of people wondering if he'd finally run out of steam after four decades as one of the best in the business. And then he came roaring back with my personal choice for his best movie (yes, even more than Psycho). I only have one complaint in how I wish they'd come up with a better way to get across the exposition of the truth about Kaplan than the guy in charge explaining the whole thing to the only other people in the world who already know it, but otherwise everything about this movie clicks together like a great watch, and no matter how many times I see it, I get sucked in all over again. One thing that really strikes me watching along with a reaction (this was also my very first request to OGB upon becoming a Patron of hers) is how much the opening act plays into Cary Grant's usual comedy roles, catching us off guard for how genuinely thrilling it'll become. Jessie Royce Landis is a big help here, following her role as the mother of Cary Grant's love interest in To Catch a Thief, while his lawyer must just be thinking this is still easier than dealing with Maxwell Smart. Loved seeing you constantly shouting "Ma!" in the same tone as Dave Bautista in The Glass Onion. The partnership between Hitchcock and Bernard Hermann isn't quite as universally known and beloved as Spielberg and Williams, or Leone and Morricone, but it definitely deserves to be, even if the score here is mostly absent from the film's big iconic scene. That scene is also perhaps the greatest example from Hitch's career of his philosophy of "fridge logic," that something can make no sense but it won't matter if the audience is already invested enough, and it's only while getting something from the fridge at 2 AM that you think "Why did they do the whole thing with the crop duster instead of just walking up and shooting him after getting him to the middle of nowhere?" The Mt. Rushmore climax is a classic too, and deceptively tricky to film since Hitchcock was forbidden from associating the Presidents' faces with violence, so it all needed to happen with them not visible. And then it's followed by the sublime final sex gag, which Ernest Lehman laments on the DVD features that you can read his script and see he didn't come up with it. This film was released the same year as Some Like It Hot, which is typically credited with ending the Hays Code by demonstrating there was simply no point to it anymore with the number of ways filmmakers had found to get around it, but the loss of more creative solutions like this still has me mourn a bit (you might also notice the awkward dubbing of Eve's line "I never discuss love on an empty stomach," since the phrase was originally "make love" until the studio made them change it). There's just something so much more fun about it than you get from simply, say, naming the main love interest Pussy Galore.

Thomas Corp

When North by Northwest first popped up on the polls, I figured that this was a case of it’s a famous film you just happened to not have seen. This reaction, Jess, is one of the most fun times I’ve had with one of your reactions. I’m very glad to see that you enjoyed the film as you did. This film is usually at or around most people’s pick for their favorite Alfred Hitchcock film. For me, this along with To Catch a Thief rounds out my personal top ten favorite Hitchcock films. It balances multiple tones very well. Cary Grant delivers one of his best performances. As you observe, it especially works with Cary’s skill with comedy with how Thornhill seems more irked over the mistaken identity business, I think I’d be somewhat the same, and your reactions to all of that were most wonderful. You do feel for him how the further he dives into the hole he’s in, the more it’s harder for him to prove his innocence, such as when the one poor guy got murdered, your reaction to that being most memorable. Terrific performances from James Mason and Martin Landau as our villains. Solid supporting performances from Jessie Royce Landis as Thornhill’s mom, I LIVED for your reactions to her. There is also the delightful Leo G. Carroll as the Professor being over a barrel with all the madness of the plot. Though still less over a barrel than when Tarantula took to the hills, amusingly enough. Then there is the star of the movie, or at least my favorite character, Eve. As Ryan commented, the timing of this reaction is appropriate as Eva Marie Saint recently celebrated her one hundredth birthday, God bless her. Much like her Oscar winning debut in On the Waterfront, Eva is surrounded by such immense talent, and she matches everyone and then some, such as with her fantastic chemistry with Cary. I loved all your reactions to Eva’s scenes as Eve. She stands out as one of the more intriguing enigmatic Hitchcock blondes as you demonstrated with your reactions, you are constantly curious where her character is going, especially when she demonstrates one of the perfect examples of why one should never trust a hug. Similarly, one could argue that it becomes somewhat easy to anticipate the reveal of her being the heroine as you mentioned that it’s known that the government has the agent in with the bad guys, and nobody else has been focused on enough for it to make sense. Yet, when it’s done well enough as it is here, no one complains. Gorgeous shots abound in this film. Bernard Herrmann delivers one of his most exciting scores. I figured you would likely be aware of the famed crop duster scene as it is like the shower scene in Psycho where one is aware of the imagery through pop culture, even if one has never scene the film itself. And like said shower scene, the fun becomes actually seeing the full context, lead up, and execution, and your reaction to that was excellent, Jess. Bringing us to a thing with lots of Hitchcock plots: Hitchcock doth love for his villains to engage in elaborate theatre. I’m hardly likely to complain. Your commentary on that was worth every penny, as was your reactions and comments during the climactic scene. The idea you mentioned of the film ending with our heroes plummeting to their deaths off the face of Mount Rushmore. Yeah, you wouldn’t put it past old Hitch to pull something like that. As it is, the tension is cut by the lighthearted end, complete with the VERY on the nose visual innuendo that often gets commented on. Again, Jess, this was an immensely fun time sharing this film with you, and it was an immensely delightful, wonderful, fun reaction that I appreciated so much. Thank you so much for this reaction, Jess.

LatePaul

This is one of those movies that I've seen bits of but this is the first time I've sat down and watched the whole thing. I really enjoyed it. I've been thinking about Eve's character and her being the agent. I think I also saw her as being a trained agent sent in to do a job until it was reveal she was more of an "asset" - someone already in who's been convinced to do a job. I think they play it like the former - she seems very slick, in control, knows exactly what to do. But I wonder if the back-story of her already being with Vandamm was because of the times. An agent whose job it is to basically seduce and sleep with a man to get info feels like a concept that's still a bit risque in 1959. Also I wonder if 1959 audiences might have been less sympathetic to a character that would do that. Whereas someone who's in a relationship already, finds out her partner is a bad guy and agrees to help the FBI (?) would be less shocking and also kind of a victim and so more sympathetic. I have no background knowledge I only watched the movie and I'm speculating.

Jenny Chalek

In the beginning, when they were getting out the big ass bourbon glass, I thought, that's how we drink it here in Kentucky. LOL.

Jenny Chalek

And that one scene in the hotel right after he survived the plane thingy, Eve's dress was STUNNING. Some 50s fashions were pretty sharp.