Of course, in the intervening 49 years, they had encountered a few significant “spoilers,” but it was still as reasonable facsimile of watching the movie “fresh.” After the trippy green MGM lion image that began NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Saul Bass turns the Paramount logo into a kind ..... And then everything is redeemed by Norman/Norma's internal monologue, a new narrative device making an eleventh-hour appearance, but perhaps echoing Marion's imaginary conversations in act 1. ...
