Time for a true story. Years ago, back in the early 1980's Paul's father taped "North by Northwest" off the local PBS station. Later Paul was rummaging through the betamax tapes (if you remember those) and came across the taped movie. Since he never seen North by Northwest (but already being a Archibald Leach fan), he popped it in the VCR. Just when the fast paced movie hit a climax (one of many) in a dusty cornfield of Indiana...the screen went blank. The timer had been set wrong when taping and stopped far to early. Back then it was near to impossible to get North by Northwest on a video tape so Paul had to wait literally five years to see the end to the movie.
So in preparation for our big trip this year, Paul bought North by Northwest on DVD. We watched it together one night in Rapid City...ahead of when we would go visit Mount Rushmore. It's a great movie and definitely worth watching if you are an Alfred Hitchcock fan...or if you are going to be in Rapid City.
Here's some clips we found on YouTube...the first is the opening sequence from North by Northwest (done by famous graphic designer Saul Bass) and the second is the trailer for it.
The opening sequence from North by Northwest...
Hitchcock's trailer for North by Northwest...
Hitchcock's trailer for North by Northwest...
