Behind-the-scenes story of west-northwest

1958 After the filming of Dizziness, Hitchcock once said that he would make some changes and make a humorous, relaxed and unsigned film. Although North by Northwest is suspected of paying tribute to popular culture, the film's understanding of moral relativism and conspiracy during the Cold War is not superficial. In this film, Hitchcock did not let the film revolve around a suspense like his early films, but adopted the way of pushing the suspense layer by layer, and added a lot of humorous dialogues to the film, which was quite refreshing.

The name of the film North by Northwest has always puzzled the audience. According to the research of senior fans, it is so called because Roger's escape route is towards the northwest. However, in an interview with 1963, Hitchcock once said that the name came from Hamlet, with the purpose of metaphor for the elusive reality, so there was the American Northwest Airlines mentioned in the pun. Which statement is correct? It's really hard to get a definite answer when you meet an old urchin like Hitchcock, but that's not the charm of suspense movies. James stewart wanted to star in this movie very much, so he begged Hitchcock to play the role of Roger, but Hitchcock said that 1958 Halo didn't succeed commercially because James looked too old. MGM wanted to use gregory peck, but Hitchcock insisted on gary grant. However, gary grant is four years older than james stewart.

Hitchcock was not allowed to enter the United Nations Headquarters to film this film.

In the end, "Chasing the Mount Rushmore Monument" didn't get the official permission to shoot, so Hitchcock had to copy the Mount Rushmore Monument in the studio. Everyone was careful when shooting, for fear that the head on the copy would be damaged.

The day before filming Roger hiding in his bunk on the train, gary grant told Hitchcock that the bunk was too big for the film. Hitchcock completely believed Grant's words and ordered a new upper berth, but forgot to let Grant try it first, which led to the scene in which Roger came out of his hiding place and was depressed.

Jesse Royce Landers plays Roger's mother. In fact, she is only seven years older than Gerry Grant.

Almost the whole movie Roger appears on the left side of the screen.

Before Roger entered the Oak Bar, the song played in the lobby of the hotel was "The Most Extraordinary Day".

Eva's line "I never talk about love on an empty stomach" is a late dubbing. In fact, what she said "I never have sex on an empty stomach" is quite different from "talking about love" and "making love".

On the site of the Mount Rushmore Monument, Eva found that gary grant charged his fans a signature fee of 65,438+05 cents each.

Hitchcock joked that before making this film, he would name it "The Man on Lincoln's Nose".

One day, martin landau found Hitchcock telling a play to gary grant and james mason. He asked Hitchcock why. The director replied that if he didn't tell them a play, it meant that they acted very well. On the contrary, something went wrong.

Hitchcock was not satisfied with the clothes designed by the company for Eva, so he had to take her to the mall to pick out clothes himself.

Many of the cars used in the movies are 1958 professional private cars.

When the film was finally shown, only eight yards were cut at most. Eight yards is only about five seconds. When eating on the train, the position of the glass changed.

Roger escaped from two thugs and got into a taxi. Then two thugs got into a taxi and tried to catch up, but when Roger looked back at the hotel, the taxi was gone.

When the ambulance passed by, the tree began to shake.

Before Eve shot Roger, a little boy covered his ears in the background.

When Roger and her secretary's taxi stopped in front of the Plaza Hotel, a Ford of 1958 stopped behind them, but when they got off the bus, the car behind them became a Dodge of 1957.

When the plane collided with the truck, the wires on the right side of the screen were clearly visible.

When Roger ran out of the cornfield, his shoulders were covered with dust, but later, all the dust was gone.

At the Mount Rushmore Monument, Eve slipped and broke the pocket of Roger's trousers, which were still intact in later scenes.

When Roger left the secretary, the back of the taxi he took was bright orange. When he got off the bus, the color changed.