Sunday, 7 April 2013

Rope

 
Hitchcock plays with form whilst delivering meta-commentary on cinema, murder and Nietzche. A joy to watch.
 
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3 comments:

  1. Joe07/04/2013, 14:50

    I can watch this again and again. Two great bits I remember - dropping the rope in the drawer in time to the swinging door, and Farley Granger's faltering piano as he's questioned by James Stewart. Love it all

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  2. James08/04/2013, 00:12

    May be considered a second tier Hitchcock, but that says more about how brilliant Hitchcock is than anything detrimental about this. Piano playing aside, Farley Granger is the weak link (unless you hate James Stewart).

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  3. Joe11/04/2013, 08:10

    Watched it again on youtube. Yeah, Granger is the weakest part of it, but I was struck again by how great John Dall is. Never noticed his mannerisms make him come across as a young, evil James Stewart. Also love Cedric Hardwicke's decent and honest slapdown of Stewart's hateful bullshit. It's where the movie really comes alive, and you start to realise the gravity of what they've done. And it's much more effective than Stewart's own speech at the end.

    The use of sound is amazing - conversations dipping in and out as the camera pads around the place. The metronome playing off against the piano and interrogation. Also love the scene where the maid seems to take forever tidying up, as the offscreen conversation becomes ever more tense.

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