Civilization (1998) - The genius of pure effect

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• article: The genius of pure effect
• author(s): Terry Teachout
• journal: Civilization (28/Feb/1998)
• issue: volume 5, issue 1, page 43
• journal ISSN: 1077-9795
• keywords: Motion picture criticism, Motion picture directors & producers

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Abstract

Teachout disagrees with critics who do not include "North by Northwest" among Alfred Hitchcock's finest films, although it belongs on any short list of the greatest films of all time. The film has too many funny elements, something that most critics' intellectual pretensions cannot deal with.