"North by Northwest" The Perfect Thriller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk0GbTMMbP0 the trailer is effective in many ways as the scenes displayed in it draws the audience to it and makes them want to know what happens next.

It is very interesting to the audience i think because the trailer doesn't give the whole film away there are still certain parts that us a mystery and that is why it is appealing to the audience. Also because there are a lot of famous good looking actors featured in this film and it is directed by one of the most famous directors ever, Alfred Hitchcock.

Stars featured are:



Cary Grant: Who played an innocent New York advertising executive(Roger Thornhill) who was mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for ways to survive.









Eva Marie Saint: Who played a woman(Eve Kendall) who seemed to be working for the villains at first but turned out to be actually with the heroes and helped Thornhill through his obstacles.




  


James Mason: Who played the leader of the foreign spies(Mr Vandamm) who were trying to capture Thornhill.    

• Thrillers are characterised by fast pacing, frequent action. For example in North by Northwest the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlY5kaZC2N0 Drunk Driving Scene 

Thrillers often have resourceful heroes who have to thwart plans of more powerful and more equipped villains. He escapes out of a lot of scrapes:

• Steals a car  after the share cropper scene
• Deliberately gets arrested in the auction scene
• Gets a message to Eve Kendall at Mount Rushmore

North by Northwest has devices such as red herrings, cliffhangers and suspense and this is why it makes a good thriller. 

Suspense: Hitchcock builds up the suspense in The Square Cropper.

Red herrings: We think Thornhill is dead when Eve Kendall shoots him

Cliff hangers: Thornhill and Kendall are literally hanging on to the edge of a cliff in the Mount Rushmore scene.

 

CLIFF HANGING SCENE

The crop duster scene where Thornhill is attacked by a plane is one of the most iconic scenes in this film. It has frequent action sequences and fast editing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g458w2X9uHc

This film was made in 1959 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As often as it happens in Hitchcock films there is a blonde woman. Hitchcock chooses Blonde women( Eva Kendall) to be the victim in his films because they look more innocent.

Alfred Hitchcock