Rope (1948)
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VHS Movie Reviews of Rope (1948)
Movie Review: Hitchcock and Stewart at their best!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't give any Hitchcock film less than 5 Stars. The man never took home an OSCAR, but always took home many fans. This film is one of the best that Stewart did with the great director and Farly Granger was excellent in it. The twists and turns and macabre manner in which it's written and directed is brilliant. Buy this film, watch it and you'll see why it's a classic!Movie Review: "That's the difference between us and other men: they talk about committing the perfect crime, we do it"
Summary: 4 Stars
"Rope", a film based on a play and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a well-made thriller that entertains the spectator, but that is far from being perfect.
I must say that the story is original, and that the beginning is quite shocking. The two main characters are Brandon and Philip (John Dall and Farley Granger), two young men that commit a crime just to see if they can get away with murder. As if killing another man weren't enough, they decide to tempt fate, hiding the body in a trunk, where it could easily be discovered, and inviting some people to dinner. Their guests include, among others, the victim's parents, his girlfriend and an old schoolteacher that gets increasingly suspicious regarding Brandon and Philip's actions. The schoolteacher (James Stewart) doesn't know exactly what they did, but is certain that something is wrong, very wrong. And of course, he cannot understand why Philip keeps looking at the trunk that is used as a buffet table...
On the whole, I can say that I liked "Rope", even though I wouldn't be overly eager to watch it again. From my point of view, you will also enjoy this whodunnit, specially if you are fond of Hitchcock movies, and don't mind the fact that albeit good, this is not one of his best films.
Belen Alcat
PS: I give "Rope" 3.5 stars...
Movie Review: Different Hitchcock
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a unique Hitchcock film. It is not only the first color film that he made but it is different than all the others in a sense that all action is taking place in one room, an appartment in New York City and in continu ous time- much lke the tv series 24. The plot is very interesting and it evolves slowly but in a cunning way and Hitchcock proves that he can be a master of directing even if he is confined in a room.Movie Review: Of considerable interest...
Summary: 4 Stars
Naturally, Alfred Hitchcock, could not resist the temptations of confined time and space in which to spin his spells... One of his more interesting attempts was in his first color film, "Rope," made in 1948.
The story was about two young socialites, John Dall and Farley Granger, who strangled a college friend just for kicks and hid his body in a chest in the room to which his parents were coming to a cocktail party... Among the guests was James Stewart, who sifted out the truth before the evening was over...
One could imagine what Hitchcock would do with such a situation - but in fact he did a great deal more... For a start, he played out the drama in the actual time of the story: 80 minutes on a summer evening in that New York skyscraper... He dispensed with the usual cutting techniques and, for the first time in history, shot in ten-minute takes, with not a single interruption for the different camera set-ups...
Movie Review: A Sleeper
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is truly a sleeper of suspence flicks. An anxiety evoling plot around the murder by two prep school buddies of another inspired by the tutelage of a former teacher masterly played by James Stewart. Hints of eugenics and homosexuality add to the character development as the dominating alum manipulates his weaker half. See if you don't sympathize with the victim's father and former girlfriend who are among the invited guests at the dinner party where their loved one just took his last drink. Little do they know he is still among them, dressed, pressed, and folded like antique linen.