Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest This movie was pretty interesting. At first, I didn’t look forward to completing this assignment, but once I started watching, I was very interested. The dialogue was clever, but the music was a little bold. I would say it was cheesy but that probably isn’t the way to say it artistically. I noticed there were strong beats and drums for climatic and intense parts such as the …showed first 75 words of 414 total…

…showed last 75 words of 414 total…he gets up and leaves. She steps out right afterwards. This confirms that she is in cahoots with the bad guys. One more thing I noticed was how having other things going on can draw the viewer’s attention. For instance, at the auction, the viewer knows that the bad guy has bidded and bought a piece of artwork but because there is an important confrontation going on, we don’t think of its significance.