I had the same thought (minor correction: he's instructed to take a bus to the empty field where the plane attacks him), but it's so ridiculous it becomes funny (while still being exciting, to me anyway). North by Northwest definitely has more of a sense of humor than any other Hitchcock I've seen, excepting The 39 Steps.Vidor wrote:I was a little disappointed in "North by Northwest". IIRC, the leadup to the iconic crop duster scene had Cary Grant being taken around in a car by the baddies. They dump him out into a field in the middle of nowhere--cue the crop duster. I couldn't enjoy the craft of the scene because I was thinking about how ridiculous a way to kill someone that was.
Speaking of Lawrence of Arabia, that one is getting a theatrical exhibition in, I think, October. I'm so there, haven't seen it since high school and it's usually one of the first films mentioned when people have the whole cinema-vs.-tv-screen debate.
