Rhetorical Analysis Great Movie
Amna Mahmood
Anne Malone
English 1101
28 October 2014
North by Northwest Essay In his essay “Great Movies” Roger Ebert says how our minds are “limit[ed]” when it comes to “curiosity” and we don’t let our minds explore great movies that aren’t just big hit movies. We are exposed to many movies from “100 years, in color and black and white, in sound and silence, in wide-screen and the classic frame, in English and every other language,” but we only watch movies that are considered “box-office winner[s]”. Ebert talks about an Iranian movie he had seen with around 1,000 children and parents, and how everyone watched the movie so attentively. He claims that people only want “to see what everybody else is seeing.” Our imagination is so lost in these movies that we don’t realize that there are numerous other movies with actual creative content (296-299). I believe in order for a movie to be considered great, it must have the following criteria’s; a good plot, in-depth visuals and sound, and hooks the audience. …show more content…
In the movie North by Northwest, Hitchcock displays this very well. The movie has everything mystery, comedy, romance, thrills and suspense. The movie is about man who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of spies. He is kidnapped and ends up escaping, and in order to clear his name he’s on the run to find the man he is mistaken for as a woman helps him. He faces many dangerous situations which makes the movie so exciting. After every scene, you are left at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. There are many scenes in the movie where you are left completely shocked. For example, we find out that George Kaplan is a made up agent to protect the real agent, Eve Kendall. That’s another thing we find out that Eve Kendall is actually an agent who acts as if she’s just a normal citizen who helps Roger
Anne Malone
English 1101
28 October 2014
North by Northwest Essay In his essay “Great Movies” Roger Ebert says how our minds are “limit[ed]” when it comes to “curiosity” and we don’t let our minds explore great movies that aren’t just big hit movies. We are exposed to many movies from “100 years, in color and black and white, in sound and silence, in wide-screen and the classic frame, in English and every other language,” but we only watch movies that are considered “box-office winner[s]”. Ebert talks about an Iranian movie he had seen with around 1,000 children and parents, and how everyone watched the movie so attentively. He claims that people only want “to see what everybody else is seeing.” Our imagination is so lost in these movies that we don’t realize that there are numerous other movies with actual creative content (296-299). I believe in order for a movie to be considered great, it must have the following criteria’s; a good plot, in-depth visuals and sound, and hooks the audience. …show more content…
In the movie North by Northwest, Hitchcock displays this very well. The movie has everything mystery, comedy, romance, thrills and suspense. The movie is about man who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of spies. He is kidnapped and ends up escaping, and in order to clear his name he’s on the run to find the man he is mistaken for as a woman helps him. He faces many dangerous situations which makes the movie so exciting. After every scene, you are left at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next. There are many scenes in the movie where you are left completely shocked. For example, we find out that George Kaplan is a made up agent to protect the real agent, Eve Kendall. That’s another thing we find out that Eve Kendall is actually an agent who acts as if she’s just a normal citizen who helps Roger