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Rope, 1948

Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Written by: Arthur Laurents

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 80 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.1

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Rope can be described as cynical, clever, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around psychological motives, murder, and friends. The main genres are thriller, drama, and mystery. In terms of style, Rope is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, indoors. Rope is located in New York. It takes place in the 20th century. It is adapted from a play and originally a true story. Rope has received attention for being a classic, a masterpiece, and essential viewing. Note that it involves violent content.

Summary of Rope

Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's preference for letting the audience know more than the characters onscreen. The film opens as two young men (Farley Granger and John Dall) strangle a friend just to prove they're intellectually capable of committing the perfect crime. To add to the amusement, they hide the body in a trunk that will serve as the dinner table for a party honoring the deceased. The film hones in on an hour and a half of the party, with the constantly moving camera capturing the changing emotional atmosphere as the guests grow increasingly concerned about the fate of the missing boy. ROPE is a directorial tour de force, blending complex camera movement with intricate staging to present the entire story in near-real time in one location. Notably, the adaptation of the play by Patrick Hamilton was written by perennial Hitchcock actor Hume Cronyn.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	28 August 1948
Runtime:	80 min

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James Stewart

as Rupert Cadell

John Dall

as Brandon Shaw

Farley Granger

as Phillip Morgan

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03.November.2010
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by: Jason Hyman
Jason Hyman rated this movie0/10

With Rope, Hitchcock is well into his American films and is his first color movie. It was filmed in extended scenes without much cutting. Many criticize Hitchcocks decision because the cuts are obvious and forced. I did find several of the cuts distracting; they should have been smoother so that the effect of the extended scenes would not be distracted by the cuts. However, Hitchcock is the auteur and I think this may be his stamp on the movie. One can definitely watch Rope as a homoerotic movie. The two main characters are based on Leopold and Loeb to some extent, the actors were gay in real life, the screenwriter was gay, the composer of the piano piece was gay, the part of Rupert Cadell was originally offered to a gay person and turned down by Cary Grant because of surrounding homoeroticism, and the screenplay was heavily edited to remove sayings from the original British play which when interpreted were heavily homoerotic. But, they managed to get it by the censors of the time with what it is now. If you look closely, though, there are enough remnants that viewing the movie with a homoerotic slant is not out of the question; theres still some dialog to examine and several instances of phallic imagery namely the wine bottle. My main contention with the movie comes at the very beginning. Hitchcock decided to show the murder. The movie is highly suspenseful even with the showing of the murder, but it would have been much more so without it. It would then be the Macguffin of this film. The extended sequences would then work to an even greater effect by having the holding place in cameras view and the viewer would constantly be wondering, Is he in there or not? Even better, never reveal whether there was anyone in there or not! Ultimately, I enjoyed watching the movie. But I dont think the extended shots and Macguffin were used in conjunction to the extent I would have liked. So, Rope brings me up a little short.

03.November.2010
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by: Jason Hyman

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I thought Rope was delightful. Well-acted, with shifting tension. The presentation makes the film feel like an elaborate stage play. Read and rate it

01.September.2010
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by: Mike
Mike rated this movie0/10

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