IMDb Top 250: 234
Rope is beautiful in its simplicity. The whole thing takes place in one room, the cast of characters are all related, carefully chosen, interesting and cover a wide variety of personalities, and the premise is jumped on instantly and then followed for the next hour and a bit.
From the second they murder the classmate, the race is on to see if they get away with it, or who will catch them and how. The crime itself is wretched, especially considering the perpetrators "reasoning" behind it. All the vocabulary that keeps popping up related to the crime makes us uneasy as well- it can't be a coincidence, can it?
The acting is stellar- Doll and Granger carry the double edge of guilt- one is confident and egotistical, the other about to break down. Then there's Stewart, George Bailey himself in a very different role, inquisitive knowing his speech at the end is remarkably powerful and damning.
This is a weighty film, pound for pound. The character dynamics are interesting. The minds of Brandon and Phillips are worth studying. But it's the final question posed: who decides what is superior and inferior? that can have the most extrapolated from it. Apply that question to anything, politics, social science, you name it. People eschew things horribly in the name of what they think is right. There seems to even be a religious aspect to it all. To think this is all condensed in a little thriller is fascinating: a very worthy watch. 8.5/10
Rope is beautiful in its simplicity. The whole thing takes place in one room, the cast of characters are all related, carefully chosen, interesting and cover a wide variety of personalities, and the premise is jumped on instantly and then followed for the next hour and a bit.
From the second they murder the classmate, the race is on to see if they get away with it, or who will catch them and how. The crime itself is wretched, especially considering the perpetrators "reasoning" behind it. All the vocabulary that keeps popping up related to the crime makes us uneasy as well- it can't be a coincidence, can it?
The acting is stellar- Doll and Granger carry the double edge of guilt- one is confident and egotistical, the other about to break down. Then there's Stewart, George Bailey himself in a very different role, inquisitive knowing his speech at the end is remarkably powerful and damning.
This is a weighty film, pound for pound. The character dynamics are interesting. The minds of Brandon and Phillips are worth studying. But it's the final question posed: who decides what is superior and inferior? that can have the most extrapolated from it. Apply that question to anything, politics, social science, you name it. People eschew things horribly in the name of what they think is right. There seems to even be a religious aspect to it all. To think this is all condensed in a little thriller is fascinating: a very worthy watch. 8.5/10