Review of Rope (1948) by Peter T — 27 Mar 2014
Rope is one of Hitchcock's experimental one shot films such as lifeboat and for me one of his most underrated films. The film, based on a play, focuses on two former students who kill a friend, using their formers teachers ideology, that murder is an art form for the intellectual people who can get away with it.
After killing the friend, they place him in a chest and host a party, serving food on top of the closed chest and inviting the friends father, partner and even their former teacher. What we see is a masterclass in suspense and also an experimental one shot type film.
Many shots are held for minutes on end, the set actually having walls on wheels to make it easier for camera's to move in and out. The film is apparently partly based on a real life assassination that used something taken from a Hitchcock film, the director feeling guilty for the murder just like the teacher feels guilty that his theories have lead to the murder in the film.
This review of Rope (1948) was written by Peter T on 27 Mar 2014.
Rope has generally received very positive reviews.
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