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Actors: Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rope |
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This psychological thriller is one of three of Hitchcock's great experiments (the other two being Lifeboat and Rear Window).
The film was inspired the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case in which two young men try to commit (and almost do) the perfect crime.
The movie centers around Brandon (John Dall) and his mentor Rupert (Jimmy Stewart). Brandon, along with his best friend Phillip, have murdered a friend and placed his body in a trunk. They then proceed to have a dinner party with all the guests tied to the victim (his father, girlfriend, former best friend and Rupert -- their college mentor). All through the dinner, Brandon plants clues as to what he and Phillip has done: he ties books together with the rope used to strangle the victim and gives the books to the victim's father, for example. The question is: will any of them pick up on Brandon's clues? Will Phillip have a breakdown and confess to Rupert?
The movie isn't one of Hitchcock's strongest, but it is an interesting piece of cinematic history.
--Lee nelson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rope |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- nearly 100%
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scholar
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- wealthy
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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