Finally I saw Alfred Hitchcock's praised film featuring Carry Grant and Eva Marie Saint. An advetiser is mistaken for a government agent and he gets kidnapped by spies. As we talked about suspense in Richard's class I was trying to identify it, but in this film it's not as obvious as in Shadow of a doubt for instance. Nonetheless this didn't ruin my pleasure to watch the famous scene with Carry Grant running in a crop field, being chased and fired by an airplane. Another great moment in the movie is when he starts whistling "Singing in the rain" under the shower (this tune is so topical for the last few weeks!). And last but not least, the editors have cut the finale scene in a way so we don't need to see the whole process of saving the lead female character, therefore the cut leads straight to what happens afterwards- Carry and Eva are in a train married. I hought that was clever and saves time! Adding to that point, I love the fact that in these films the enciting incident happens in the very first 5 minutes! I came across the beginning of Charade (Carry Grant and Audry Hepburn) and it follows exactly the same mode - getting to the point as soon as possible without waisting our time and in the same time entertaining us.
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