I be hella old
saw rerelease of NOTLD at the midnight flicks in the early 70\'s, famous for showing cult flicks while the audience blew reeefer, made jokes, and yucked it up. If that wasn\'t before you were born, pardon me but at least call it close enough. Kay?
From an early age (12?) I never appreciated Hitchco(k, master of suspense, because there was usually almost always the sense for me the suspense was totally phony. Today I would say- too contrived. I know I be in the tiny minority, as you say, who\'s to argue?
Interesting side note: these days North by Northwest is considered by some as so bad that it\'s thought of as campy. Good cinema be damned, maybe at a tender age I was just ahead of my time?