Much like Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock masterfully utilizes a simple plot, with a small cast on a small set, to a massive effect.
The camera work in this movie out ranks 80% of the camera work of all movies, plenty of long takes, tracking shots, and clever maskings to hide scene changes. It's no mystery why Alfred Hitchcock has influenced so many film makers.
The substance of the movie is in it's characters, the two killers are split down the middle personality wise. One feels they've done a bad thing, the other is bold and arrogant as well as charming, totally pleased with what they've done. Jimmy Stewart is extremely charming as always & brings the much needed level of humour to what would be an otherwise morbid piece of cinema.
To think this was made 60 years ago is beyond baffling. Bravo to all involved 9 out of 10
The camera work in this movie out ranks 80% of the camera work of all movies, plenty of long takes, tracking shots, and clever maskings to hide scene changes. It's no mystery why Alfred Hitchcock has influenced so many film makers.
The substance of the movie is in it's characters, the two killers are split down the middle personality wise. One feels they've done a bad thing, the other is bold and arrogant as well as charming, totally pleased with what they've done. Jimmy Stewart is extremely charming as always & brings the much needed level of humour to what would be an otherwise morbid piece of cinema.
To think this was made 60 years ago is beyond baffling. Bravo to all involved 9 out of 10