Review of Rope (1948) by Evan W — 12 Dec 2008

This film definitely exposes the dark side of humanity, which ironically originates in an educational environment. stewart, who plays a housemaster at harvard, teaches the college kids about nietzschean theory regarding the superman. by the end of the film, when he finds out that two of his disciples have strangled an innocent friend, he realizes that he has created a monster.

This movie was AMAZING. I did not think I would like it at all, but omg hitchcock totally OWNS nietzsche with this movie. plus it had really creative cinematography, I especially enjoyed the long continuous take effect and the restriction to a single location, it made the action run a lot more smoothly and left nothing to the imagination. the ending was definitely the best part though, one of stewart's most memorable performances, that final monologue just blew me away.