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Post by Vits on Jul 3, 2019 20:39:22 GMT
I was relieved to read that ROPE was going to be only 80 minutes long because, a few days earlier, I had seen an almost 2-hour-long stage production. Unfortunately, the plot structure has the same problems. You see, 2 students invite people over for dinner as a way to feel superior ("We'll have the body of the person we murdered hidden very near and they won't even notice"). There are casual conversations to show a normal dinner. This should be building up suspense for a confrontation, which should be the main plot. The former ends up being a lot longer than the latter. That creates pacing issues, and it all leads up to a bland ending. I will give the movie credit for create suspense from time to time just by having characters gazing. A big stage-to-screen change is that the students' professor isn't pessimistic. Alfred Hitchcock wanted the movie to be filmed in 1 continuous shot, but the cameras had a time limit. He filmed a series of long takes and he had objects blocking the screen to hide the transition. Did people back then really not notice? It wasn't quick or subtle. It's not like one has to be a film expert to notice that the entire screen is pitch black. I'm not trying to diminish the merit of continuous shots though. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 4, 2019 1:20:48 GMT
7/10. John Dall and Farley Granger are a lot of fun in this.
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