I get into more needless arguments with people because some film fans assume "action movie" means "every movie that ever had action in it."
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Replying to @sternbergh
I understand genre definitions are fluid and Wikipedia isn't an authority but here at least is place to start:pic.twitter.com/twfLSq2Jy4
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Replying to @sternbergh
@sternbergh Loved that piece and am overwhelmingly on your side but someone gave me pause with North by Northwest. Action film? Proto-?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @danielradosh
@danielradosh Been awhile since I've seen it but isn't it a suspense thriller? I mean, HOW MUCH BLOWING UP OF STUFF IS THERE IN IT, REALLY?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sternbergh
@sternbergh I mean a plane crashes into an oil tanker which blows up. All elements listed by Wiki are in there in a mild, primitive form.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @danielradosh
@danielradosh@sternbergh My take is North By Northwest are to action film what James Buchan trillers to James Bond novels: precursors.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@danielradosh@sternbergh You could say it had some of the earliest dedicated action sequences as action sequences.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @theodoreross
@theodoreross@danielradosh@sternbergh Saw it recently and was struck by how action-y it was.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@theodoreross@sternbergh And elegant, cruel James Mason is certainly a prototype Hans Gruber.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@danielradosh @theodoreross @sternbergh Because I had just seen Best of Enemies, Mason reminded me of Gore Vidal!
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