North by Northwest
Melbourne Theatre Company
4 June 2015
Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne
to 20 June
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| MTC North by Northwest. Photo by Jeff Busby |
The MTC's much-anticipated North by Northwest will be a sold-out hit. This re-telling of Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 much-loved film is slick and fun and doesn't detract from its source material. While it skims the surface of what makes Hitchock's films so watchable, it's pretty cool to watch it skip, make ripples and get safely to the other side.
The film, about advertising man Roger O Thornhill being mistaken for a cold-war super-spy, was made for a 70 mm film telling with huge settings – from New York to Mount Rushmore – that declare it a work that belongs on a huge screen. Director Simon Phillips is the co-designer with Nick Schlieper and they have created a telling that belongs on a stage.
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The full review is on AussieTheatre.com and will be published here in a few dasy.