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Essay heading: Hitchcock's North By Northwest: The Birth of the Modern Action Film
 
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This usage of the seemingly upper class Eurotrash villain will permeate throughout the action film genre from the Die Hard movies to The Fifth Element. Thornhill, of course, has no answers for the man. While being held captive in a library, Cary quips, "I'll catch up on my reading." When they believe his as simply being uncooperative, they intoxicate him by forcing him to drink a glass of bourbon...
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While being held captive in a library, Cary quips, "I'll catch up on my reading." When they believe his as simply being uncooperative, they intoxicate him by forcing him to drink a glass of bourbon. Placing him behind the wheel of a car, they expect him to drive the car off a cliff. This begins the first of the film's many action sequences...
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