Interesting premise but really poor pacing, Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2023. The abiding terror in Alfred Hitchcock's life was that he would Then Miriam informs Guy that she no longer wants to end their marriage. Fast, exciting, and woven with wicked style, this is one of Hitchcock's most efficient and ruthlessly delicious thrillers. Perhaps there will be those in the audience who will likewise be terrified by the villain's darkly menacing warnings and by Mr. Hitchcock's sleekly melodramatic tricks. Anne's sister Barbara says that the police will think that Guy is the murderer since he has a motive. homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was 'If the man had raised his head even slightly", Hitchcock said, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film. his identity and lifestyle. Patricia, as the outspoken young Barbara Morton, kid sister of Guy's fiance [10], Hitchcock secured the rights to the Patricia Highsmith novel for just $7,500 since it was her first novel. Unfortunately, that was about it. Buy it! "[53], Hitchcock continues the interplay of light and dark throughout the film: Guy's bright, light tennis attire, versus "the gothic gloominess of [Bruno's] Arlington mansion";[46] the crosscutting between his game in the sunshine at Forest Hills while Bruno's arm stretches into the dark and debris of the storm drain trying to fish out the cigarette lighter;[54] even a single image where "Walker is photographed in one visually stunning shot as a malignant stain on the purity of the white-marble Jefferson Memorial, as a blot on the order of things. A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the perfect cut and juxtaposition of shots (see how he builds the party scene with the progressive introduction of the bad guy in the initially stiff and upperclass situation). The merry-go-round scene is not in the book, but is taken from the climax of Edmund Crispin's 1946 novel The Moving Toyshop. Highsmith was a chameleon, a renegade, an experimenter, a loner, and a fantastically brave innovator. "[46] It undergirds the whole film because it finally serves to associate the world of light, order, and vitality with the world of darkness, chaos, lunacy and death. Review of 2 Disc 2004 Warner Bros edition(with orange & white cover)- As this well known film(from 1951) is equally well analysed & described In many other reviews I'll just give an overview of what's on the discs. (original music by) Cinematography by Robert Burks . [52], Nowhere is this more evident than the scene where Guy arrives home at his D.C. apartment to find Bruno lurking across the street; Bruno killed Miriam that evening in Metcalf, and has her glasses to give to Guy almost as a "receipt" that he has executed his part of their "deal". "[35], The final scene of the so-called American version of the film has Barbara and Anne Morton waiting for Guy to call on the telephone. The U.S. Senate was busy investigating the suspicion that 'moral perverts' in the government were also undermining national security going so far as to commission a study, Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government. [9] Granger described Hitchcock's attitude toward Roman as "disinterest" in the actress, and said he saw Hitchcock treat Edith Evanson the same way on the set of Rope (1948). Guy wants a divorce from his cheating wife, Miriam (Kasey Rogers), in order to marry Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. He has no patience with mediocrity on the set or at a dinner table. A film of noir moments galore. Bruno is rather a child. That evening, Bruno follows Miriam to an amusement park and strangles her while Guy is on the train to Washington. It's not just a ripping-good thriller but a film student's delight and a perversely enjoyable battle of wits between tennis pro Guy (Farley Granger) and his mysterious, sycophantic admirer, Bruno (Robert Walker), who proposes a "criss-cross" scheme of traded murders. It Some people are better off dead.") The camera switches back and forth from the tennis match to Bruno dropping the lighter down a grate of a storm drain and struggling to recover it. As Bruno dies, his fingers unclench to reveal Guy's lighter in his hand. Screenshots. [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. Bruno's father, and neither would ever be suspected. [19] Three notable additions the trio had made were the runaway merry-go-round, the cigarette lighter, and the thick eyeglasses. Great transfer, great black and white contrast. It Hitchcock insists on perfection. Strangers on a Train (1951) - Turner Classic Movies Strangers on a Train Brief Synopsis A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. The film was later made available on Blu-ray in 2012 with the same contents as the 2004 DVD edition. The camera was on one side of the reflector, Elliott was on the other, and Hitchcock directed Elliott to turn her back to the reflector and "float backwards, all the way to the floor like you were doing the limbo. He also showed intense interest in a seldom-considered detail of character delineation: food. It proceeds, as Hitchcock's films would have worked perfectly -- except for the detail that only one of the A football match is always ninety minutes, stretched to thirty minutes extra and a possible penalty shoot-out at most. [33], The explosion is triggered by the attempts of a carnival man to stop the ride after crawling under the whirling carousel deck to get to the controls in the center. "Hitchcock told me that this scene was the most personally frightening moment for him in any of his films", writes biographer Charlotte Chandler. Is he dishonest? He Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. Robert Walker plays a psychopathic murderer that is an apathetic rich boy with a lust for the eccentric. Dreadful business. "[65], Patricia Highsmith's opinion of the film varied over time. Buy it! Summaries A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. "[13] In the novel, Guy is pursued and entrapped by a tenacious detective.[17]. (The same technique was used Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. Guy, then, in a sense connives at the murder of his wife, and the enigmatic link between him and Bruno becomes clear.[51]. "I have always given it careful consideration, so that my characters never eat out of character. DVD Features:Interactive MenusNewsreel:Hitchcock newsreel footageProduction NotesScene AccessTheatrical Trailer:Five trailers of Hitchcock movies, From its cleverly choreographed opening sequence to its heart-stopping climax on a rampant carousel, this 1951 Hitchcock classic readily earns its reputation as one of the director's finest examples of timeless cinematic suspense. and the other, far distant, makes a choking gesture. On a train, wealthy smooth-talking psychopath Bruno Antony recognizes Haines and reveals his idea for a murder scheme: two strangers meet and "swap murders" Bruno suggests he kill Miriam and Guy kill Bruno's hated father. "[14] But Chandler was a notoriously difficult collaborator and the two men could not have had more different meeting styles: Hitchcock enjoyed long, rambling off-topic meetings where often the film would not even be mentioned for hours, while Chandler was strictly business and wanted to get out and get writing. Sir. [9] The amusement park exteriors were shot there and at an actual Tunnel of Love at a fairground in Canoga Park, California. The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. # staring # stalker # alfred hitchcock # strangers on a train # tennis match. Hitchcock said that correct casting saved him "a reel of storytelling time", since audiences would sense qualities in the actors that did not have to be spelled out. Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2007. at a carnival; Miriam and two boyfriends are in the boat ahead, and shadows on Bruno's, which is looking straight ahead at Guy. "[4], Warner Bros. wanted their own stars, already under contract, cast wherever possible. It is one of the moments in Hitchcock's work that continues to bring gasps from every audience and applause from cinema students. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. 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Hitchcock Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. Between the two versions of the film, the "British" version most prominently omits the final scene on the train. The creepiness factor holds up very well. [19] Hitchcock preferred the writing credit of Whitfield Cook and Czenzi Ormonde, but Warner Bros. wanted the cachet of the Chandler name and insisted it stay on. "[55], Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the "Hollywood Ten," the so-called Red Scare was gathering steam in 1950, with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss. "[8], Hitchcock took a toy carousel and photographed it blown up by a small charge of explosives. Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness. [12], Securing the rights to the novel was the least of the hurdles Hitchcock would have to vault to get the property from printed page to screen. The police question Guy, but cannot confirm his alibi: a professor Guy met on the train was so drunk that he cannot remember their encounter. compartment, Bruno reveals that he wants his father dead, and suggests a Yet as Bruno describes his "theories" over lunch, "Guy responds to Bruno we see it in his face, at once amused and tense. in a public fight with her earlier on the day of her death, and even told his fiance ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter (Ann Morton) while awaiting a divorce from his wife. Next, Hitchcock tried to hire Ben Hecht, but learned he was unavailable. [20], There was one point of agreement between Chandler and Hitchcock, although it would come only much later, near the release of the film: they both acknowledged that since virtually none of Chandler's work remained in the final script, his name should be removed from the credits. Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno he would like to "strangle" Miriam. "[48] It ratchets up a notch when Guy leaves Bruno's compartment and "forgets" his cigarette lighter. That combination came in the first subtext. sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and "Vertigo," "Notorious," "Psycho" and perhaps Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. Over lunch in his private [41] He was also photographed adding the letter L to Strangers on the official studio poster for the film,[26] thus changing the word to Stranglers. In Hitchcock's cameo he carries a double bass. --Jeff Shannon, Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, [{"displayPrice":"$8.99","priceAmount":8.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"8","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"ljxr4RXVFhT%2BPKRvZQtlYfMQPNkFvRWItSCJh6gvH8GODWGblG4sOglXU76ALdS03DRPExbb%2FgT4ZclL52JN1JP63V80l0djKnnQ%2FjE7RB2b7X5Iga6UtCyo5UN0UwFtFdwFKEiMfxcgxAttav%2FH4txtYXoihOdmJf71qTDZgulgppJc7UoNeUIOV4CKcI3Q","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]. The film's climax, which takes place on a carousel, is one of the most complex scenes ever shot by the director. It's not just a ripping-good thriller but a film student's delight and a perversely enjoyable battle of wits between tennis pro Guy (Farley Granger) and his mysterious, sycophantic admirer, Bruno (Robert Walker), who proposes a "criss-cross" scheme of traded murders. The rest was complete by early November. calculation, and usually got away with their crimes. Strangers On a Train (1951) In Alfred Hitchcock's thriller - an adaptation from Patricia Highsmith's first novel about amoral murderers who 'traded' or 'exchanged' crimes: the opening sequence introduced the duality of the two 'strangers on a train' with their distinctive contrasting shoes: - Bruno Antony (Robert Walker), a . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016. Senator Morton: Dreadful. It is a twisting story of a male-on-male Robert Walker is uncanny. are swiveling back and forth to follow the game -- except for one head, After appearances in his 2 best British films, "The 39 Steps" (1935) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) , the train was elevated to star billing along with the 2 male leads in "Strangers on a Train" (1951).Not only does the train move its passengers around, it is the location where one's diabolical "you do my murder, I"ll do yours" plot is hatched and used to seduce the other. Chandler completed a first draft, then wrote a second, without hearing a single word back from Hitchcock; when finally he did get a communication from the director in late September, it was his dismissal from the project.[17]. Interesting more as an "intellectual exercise" than anything else, but indispensable for those interested in seeing how Hitchcock continued to shape his films after an initial cut. with him than with Granger's playboy. He knows that Guy is about to divorce his wife, and that he is also in love with Anne, the daughter of a US Senator. BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards to Celebrate its 2023 Honorees on February 6th, 15 Films We Cant Wait to See at Sundance 2023, 14th Annual African American Film Critics Association Awards Recipients Revealed, Child of Graceland: Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023). Best known is the one they're now both behind bars as he says, "You've got me acting like I'm a [9], Kasey Rogers (credited as Laura Elliott) noted that she had perfect vision at the time the movie was made, but Hitchcock insisted she wear the character's thick eyeglasses, even in long shots when regular glass lenses would have been undetectable. His obsession with being wrongly accused no doubt refers to a traumatic episode Where was the tennis match in Strangers on a Train? One is tennis star Guy Hianes (Farley Granger) who is in the process of divorcing his unfaithful wife and the other is Bruno Antony, (Robert Walker) the psychopath son of a wealthy man who hates. "The scene gives a beautifully exact symbolic expression to Guy's relationship with Bruno and what he stands for. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only There are several differences in the British version of the film, including: One would have expected Hitchcock's return to major studio filmmaking to err on the side of chastened caution. Hitchcock left behind two versions of Strangers on a Train. [14] Talks with Dashiell Hammett got further,[12] but here too communications ultimately broke down, and Hammett never took the assignment. "[53] Bruno tells Guy what he has done and gives him the glasses. The psychopath suggests that because they each want to "get rid" of someone, they should "exchange" murders, and that way neither will be caught. Beyond all the historical footnotes and film-buff fascination. "He had to have one person in each film he could harass," Granger said. He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. Guy humors Bruno by pretending to find his idea amusing, but is so eager to get away from Bruno that he leaves behind his engraved cigarette lighter. There are two respectable and influential fathers, two women with eyeglasses, and two women at a party who delight in thinking up ways of committing the perfect crime. He makes an stunt man could have been killed; Hitchcock said he would never take such a "[28], Principal photography wrapped just before Christmas, and Hitchcock and Alma left for a vacation in Santa Cruz,[26] then in late March 1951, on to St. Moritz, for a 25th anniversary European excursion. chance again.) [6] He added the film in his Great Movies list. Ordinary Washington locations become sinister hunting grounds that mirror perfectly the creeping terror that slowly consumes Guy, as the lethally smooth Bruno relentlessly pursues him to a frenzied climax. An early preview edit of the film, sometimes labeled the "British" version although it was never released in Britain or anywhere else, includes some scenes either not in, or else different from, the film as released. 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Synopsis. place from Highsmith, whose novels have been unfairly shelved with crime and Bruno struggle as a carnival worker crawls on his stomach under the [21] The scripting team added the tennis match and the crosscutting with Bruno's storm drain travails in Metcalf added the cigarette lighter, the Tunnel of Love, Miriam's eyeglasses; in fact, the amusement park is only a brief setting in the novel.[21]. Brilliant. Director Alfred Hitchcock Writers Raymond Chandler (screen play) Czenzi Ormonde (screen play) Whitfield Cook (adaptation) Stars Farley Granger Robert Walker Ruth Roman See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video [8], Nevertheless, the score does pick up on the ubiquitous theme of doubles often contrasting doubles right from the opening title sequence: "The first shot two sets of male shoes, loud versus conservative, moving toward a train carries a gruff bass motif set against Gershwin-like riffs, a two-part medley called "Strangers" and "Walking" that is never heard again. Actually, it's doubly fascinating. A 1951 Psychological Thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith (of Ripliad fame), starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker. Also in the cast are Ruth Roman, Leo J. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred's daughter), Marion Lorne, and Kasey Rogers. Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. There can be no compromise in his work, his food or his wines. Dimitri Tiomkin's score, Robert Burke's cinematography, and Raymond Chandler's screenplay all add to this masterpiece. there's the famous sequence involving a runaway merry-go-round, on which Guy They would both have airtight alibis for the time of the crime, and Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero [36] Although that account continues to be published in books to this day, "it just wasn't true", according to Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell. If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! "[60] Leslie Halliwell felt that Hitchcock was "at his best" and that the film "makes superior suspense entertainment," but called the story "unsatisfactory. The only sadistic part was I never got the hundred dollars."[43]. This is a five minute mise en scene analysis podcast of the tennis scene from Alfred Hitchock's "Strangers on a Train" by Connor Best and Amanda McVey. Perhaps Bruno thought it would sound more important if he said he'd dropped a case rather than a mere lighter. She's behind Miriam in the early The hero plays a championship tennis match, knowing all the while that the villain is moving deliberately toward the execution of a piece of dirty work which will leave the hero hopelessly incriminated. The pair has what writer Peter Dellolio refers to as a "dark symbiosis. famous sequences in "Strangers on a Train." with any force or conviction. criminal.". I n the latest Oscar Isaac vehicle, Mojave, director William Monaghan recycles the familiar tale of one man's seemingly chance encounter with a menacing stranger - a trope that was perfected more than six decades ago by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 masterpiece Strangers on a Train. 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