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From Russia With Love’s Helicopter Attack Vs. North By Northwest’s Crop-Duster Sequence: Why The Bond Sequence Isn’t a Rip-Off of Hitchcock’s Famous Set Piece
ByDaniel Rennie June 13, 2024August 14, 2024
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest. While the continual attempts made by the low-flying helicopter to clip James Bond (Sean Connery) mirrors the attacks of the dive-bombing bi-plane on Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) in Hitchcock’s…
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Alfred Hitchcock Subverted 1 Common Thriller Cliche In The Crop-Duster Sequence in North By Northwest
ByDaniel Rennie June 11, 2024June 22, 2024
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner in the middle of the night is a cliche Hitchcock wanted to subvert in North By Northwest. In the process, he created an often-used cliche of his own. It’s an understatement to say that the indelible image of Cary Grant…
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Camera Angle Diagram For North By Northwest’s Crop Duster Sequence
ByDaniel Rennie June 10, 2024June 12, 2024
North By Northwest hit theaters sixty-five years ago instantly earning its reputation as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s top spy thrillers. While filled with iconic imagery and scenes, like the finale on Mount Rushmore, no sequence remains more captivating than the film’s crop duster sequence. Almost everyone who has watched a movie knows the image of Cary…
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