North By North West

North by North West

A ‘innocent’ New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Directed by : Alfred Hitchcock

Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action. resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains are common to 'north by north west'. A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles the hero must overcome. Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience, "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like". this is seen in north by north west when the is constant tension throughout in the quest to see what would happen to the protagonist.

north by north west overall is a very successful thriller, it constantly keeps one engaged and allows tension to be heavily felt throughout the film. the feeling of never ending suspense and commonly seen gun fights and the intellectual ways of over coming merely impossible situations allow the thriller to be as successful as it is.