tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post4025255509584195933..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: Rope (1948)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-18967713094539728562014-06-22T23:19:08.059+03:002014-06-22T23:19:08.059+03:00Hmmm...Yes, I agree, it is a good movie, even a ve...Hmmm...Yes, I agree, it is a good movie, even a very good movie, but I think the experiment was merely a tool to create the effect he wanted. I am more impressed with the story and the gutsy themes displayed.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-36218023050463011712014-06-22T17:12:14.322+03:002014-06-22T17:12:14.322+03:00Rope is a good movie, but a lot of the reason it&#...Rope is a good movie, but a lot of the reason it's a good movie is because Hitchcock filmed it like a stage play. I love the fact that the whole thing feels like a single take. It's almost a pure experiment, and it paid off brilliantly. I love how consistently Hitchcock pushed boundaries, and pushed multiple boundaries at once.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-482771205289024122014-06-22T11:13:24.139+03:002014-06-22T11:13:24.139+03:00That is a very interesting reference and you are e...That is a very interesting reference and you are exactly right. The casual attitude towards violence and murder is truly frightening and should have been a tough one for the censors. Maybe that too got through due to the distraction of the technique. Earlier Hitchcock did show himself adept in dodging the censors. The kisses in Notorious for example, timed exactly to pass below the bar. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-88380392711453347152014-06-22T11:09:37.637+03:002014-06-22T11:09:37.637+03:00I am not so sure. Yes, this looks a lot like a sta...I am not so sure. Yes, this looks a lot like a stage play and in the beginning this annoyed me. It reminded me of the style from the very early years of cinema. Just filmed theater. But the annoyance passed and instead I got the feeling of being present. A naturalistic element we are not too used to in this period. That feeling made the act more gruesome and Brandon even more abhorrent. So, all in all I would say it worked.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-83568037645684766342014-06-21T22:06:22.028+03:002014-06-21T22:06:22.028+03:00I was pretty shocked by how gay Brandon and Philip...I was pretty shocked by how gay Brandon and Philip are allowed to appear, but I don't think the censors could really do anything about it, as Hitchcock doesn't ever say that they are and there are no kisses or the such. I would think the actual plot would have been more bothersome to the censors, as Hitchcock, some fifty years earlier, had made a much tamer version of Michael Haneke's disturbing Funny Games. Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-78962110479400406092014-06-21T18:38:58.944+03:002014-06-21T18:38:58.944+03:00I've always thought it was a shame that Hitchc...I've always thought it was a shame that Hitchcock who was such a master at cutting hampered himself so much in Rope. I think the story deserved a more cinematic treatment. But I respect him for experimenting and the topic was very well handled.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.com