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North by Northwest dir. Alfred Hitchock Channel 5 Saturday 24th November

From:     Remi
Category: TV
Date:     29 November 2007
Time:     07:17 AM

Review:

I arrived at the film about a third of the way through, with an actress pretending to be Cary Grant's 
mother in the lift. The scenes looked great; whatever film they used, it was well worth the investment. 
The action was perfectly engaging so long as you don't stand back and think about it too much. The 
love between Eve Marie Saint and Grant was entirely unbelievable. Is this naturalism at play again? It 
seems to undermine the plot and the character. What does that leave you? But as I said, the film 
looked great, packed with plenty of iconic scenes. James Mason's voice, as ever, carried the picture. 
And Cary's certainly wasn't bad either.


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