According to Bruno, it's all to be read in the newspapers, especially the gossip concerning Guy's relationship with the daughter of a United States senator, and the ongoing drama with Guy's soon-to-be ex-wife, a good-time gal who's pregnant with another man's child. pickup than a chance encounter. Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions. As a plot, this has a neatness that Hitchcock must have found
Roman's role as a nice, understanding girl is a switch for her, and she makes it warmly effective. But, for all that, his basic premise of fear fired by menace is so thin and so utterly unconvincing that the story just does not stand. allowed an aging actress to manipulate him in "Sunset Boulevard"). The first encounter between Bruno and Guy on the train is longer, and features a more obvious homoerotic flirtation by Bruno; In the scene where Guy sneaks out of his apartment to go to Bruno's house, a shot of him opening a drawer to get the map Bruno sketched is added; The very last scene in the US version, which involves a clergyman, was deleted. One of the most popular psychological crime thrillers that Hitchcock ever made is definitely Strangers on a Train, the master's adaptation of crime novelist Patricia Highsmith's debut novel that hit theaters back in 1951.Even though a lot of film scholars over the years considered the movie at least to a degree inferior to Hitchcock's landmark films such as Vertigo or Rear Window, this . Miriam informs Guy that she no longer wants to end their marriage. "[37] Bruno, who tells Guy on the train that he admires people "who do things", gets a more vigorous musical treatment from Tiomkin: "Harmonic complexity defines the motifs associated with Bruno: rumbling bass, shocking clusters, and glassy string harmonics. Sir. he would like to "strangle" Miriam. Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his
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. fiction when she actually writes mainstream fiction about criminals. "Shadow of a Doubt"), and its appeal is probably the linking of an
"Holden would have been all wrongtoo sturdy, too put off by Bruno", writes critic Roger Ebert. So much occurs in pairs. Strangers on a Train(1950) is a suspense thriller by Patricia Highsmith, based on the premise that two strangers swap murders. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno
BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play broadcast on 29 September 2011 was Strangers on a Film by Stephen Wyatt, which gives an imagined account of a series of meetings between Hitchcock (Clive Swift) and Raymond Chandler (Patrick Stewart), as they unsuccessfully attempt to create the screenplay for Strangers on a Train. be accused of a crime he did not commit. 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 Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. [44] Of greater interest to Warner was the box office take, and the "receipts soon told the true story: Strangers on a Train was a success, and Hitchcock was pronounced at the top of his form as master of the dark, melodramatic suspense thriller. Hitchcock's biggest changes were in his two lead characters: The character called Bruno Antony in the film is called Charles Anthony Bruno in the book. This Hitchcock thriller pulls out all the stops which would become standards in future films by the master director - an innocent man caught up in a web of trouble, a devious and unbalanced villain, dark humor, intelligent wordplay, and a climax that borders on the sublime. Granger is excellent as the harassed young man innocently involved in murder. Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his vulgar and unfaithful small-town wife Miriam, in order to be able to marry the woman he loves. flirtatious and seductive, sitting too close during their first meeting, and
rotate in the same direction -- except one.). 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. There's
But perhaps the most memorable music in Strangers is the calliope music,[8] heard first at the fairground and again, later, when Bruno is strangling Mrs. Cunningham at Senator Morton's soire, and experiences his unfortunate flashback and subsequent fainting spell. his best films, including "Strangers on a Train" (1951), in which a
Consider the scene where Guy is letting himself into his
the references to his private life, but inexplicably doesn't break off the
While there, the crew had done some other location scouting. The two men are as different as can be but both have the saem problem. Is he just lonely? ingenious plot with insinuating creepiness. [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. Disc1 contains the movie in a good looking & sounding print with optional subtitles + French & Italian language versions and has a very good,entertaining commentary with various people talking about the film, book and much else, with the highlight for 'Hitchophiles' being interview segments of director & Hitchcock biographer Peter Bogdanovich questioning the man himself. In a conventional movie, the tune would play in the background as a clever ironic backdrop. [28] Anne reaches for the big phone, but actually answers a regular one: "I did that on one take", Hitchcock explained, "by moving in on Anne so that the big phone went out of the frame as she reached for it. Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife Miriam so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. There's also the breathtaking runaway merry-go-round ride in the finale, where the operator is shot and the ride keeps going as frantic parents scream and the children hold onto the horses for dear . reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after
[17] Although Ormonde was without a formal screen credit, she did have two things in her favor: her recently published collection of short stories, Laughter From Downstairs, was attracting good notices from critics, and she was "a fair-haired beauty with long shimmering hair. This is the so-called "British" version of the film (which was included on the "flipper" DVD a few years ago) which runs about two minutes longer than the final cut and has some alternate takes. meeting on the train, which was probably planned by Bruno, plays more like a
Yet both men, like so many of Hitchcock's protagonists, are insecure and uncertain of their identity. 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. It is those flaws that set up the real themes of Strangers. Guy, then, in a sense connives at the murder of his wife, and the enigmatic link between him and Bruno becomes clear.[51]. Off-handedly, he suggests to Guy that they trade murders: Bruno will kill Guy's troublesome wife, and Guy will eliminate Bruno's despised father. Critic Jack Sullivan had kinder words for Tiomkin's score for Strangers than did biographer Spoto: "[S]o seamlessly and inevitably does it fit the picture's design that it seems like an element of Hitchcock's storyboards", he writes. 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. Each will murder a stranger, with no apparent motive, so neither will be suspected. [36] Although that account continues to be published in books to this day, "it just wasn't true", according to Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell. There can be no compromise in his work, his food or his wines. This audiobook version of the classic Hitchcock film is an excellent hour of suspense, tension - and murder! remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. 'If the man had raised his head even slightly", Hitchcock said, "it would have gone from being a suspense film into a horror film. Strangers On A Train is about two men, Guy Haines and Bruno Anthony, who meet on a train by accidentally knocking shoes. He narrowed the geographic scope to the Northeast corridor, between Washington, D.C. and New York the novel ranged through the southwest and Florida, among other locales. The 1987 film Throw Momma from the Train by Danny DeVito was inspired by Strangers on a Train, which is also watched by DeVito's character in the film.[71][72]. + a trailer. "[13], Even before sewing up the rights for the novel, Hitchcock's mind was whirling with ideas about how to adapt it for the screen. 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). A film of noir moments galore. Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2007. One of my top 50 movies, never seen on a big screen. "The man who crawled under the out-of-control carousel was not an actor or a stuntman, but a carousel operator who volunteered for the job. Miriam and the two boyfriends in her odd mnage trois bring "The Band Played On" to life by singing it on the merry-go-round, lustily and loudly Grinning balefully on the horse behind them, Bruno then sings it himself, making it his motto. Burks was an exceptionally apt choice for what would prove to be Hitchcock's most Germanic film in years: the compositions dense, the lighting almost surreal, the optical effects demanding. This piece of film he then enlarged and projected onto a vast screen, positioning actors around and in front of it so that the effect is one of a mob of bystanders into which plaster horses and passengers are hurled in deadly chaos. with any force or conviction. brainy criminals who functioned not out of passion but from careful
Anne visits Bruno's home and tries explaining to his befuddled mother that her son is a murderer. "seductiveness" in the American print. blurting out what everyone is afraid to say. Bruno's
"[48] And at this point the blurring of good and evil accelerates: Guy fails to repudiate Bruno's suggestive statement about murdering Miriam ("What's a life or two, Guy? When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. A recently found longer prerelease British print (Side B) offers "a startling amplification of Bruno's flamboyance, his homoerotic attraction to Guy and his psychotic personality," according to Bill Desowitz of Film Comment. Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022. Guy creeps into Bruno's father's room to warn him of his son's murderous intentions, but instead finds Bruno there waiting for him. there's the famous sequence involving a runaway merry-go-round, on which Guy
A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. A football match is always ninety minutes, stretched to thirty minutes extra and a possible penalty shoot-out at most. He told the obscure writer that the famous one hadn't written a solitary line he intended to use, and they would have to start all over on page one, using Cook's treatment as a guide. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Guy Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, whose conversation shows a detailed knowledge of Guy's private life. To amuse another guest, Bruno playfully demonstrates how to strangle a woman. It's worth noticing that
His best performance and best casting. Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. His best performance and best casting. Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. "[13] In the novel, Guy is pursued and entrapped by a tenacious detective.[17]. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. "[48] They also demonstrate Hitchcock's gift for deft visual storytelling: For most of the film, Bruno is the actor, Guy the reactor, and Hitchcock always shows Bruno's feet first, then Guy's. Guy and Anne coldly walk away from him. 2003 biography says she often fell in love with straight women, and her stories
effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love
either of the actors, Walker's Bruno has been called one of Hitchcock's best
Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. "[23], Burks considered his fourteen years with Hitchcock the best of his career: "You never have any trouble with him as long as you know your job and do it. said in Francois Truffaut's book-length interview that he didn't much like
[13] With treatment in hand, Hitchcock shopped for a screenwriter; he wanted a "name" writer to lend some prestige to the screenplay, but was turned down by eight writers, including John Steinbeck and Thornton Wilder, all of whom thought the story too tawdry and were put off by Highsmith's first-timer status. Robert Walker plays a psychopathic murderer that is an apathetic rich boy with a lust for the eccentric. First Hitchcock got the exterior shots in Canoga Park, using both actors, then later he had Elliott alone report to a soundstage where there was a large concave reflector set on the floor. # staring # stalker # alfred hitchcock # strangers on a train # tennis match. [12][15] Chandler took the job despite his opinion that it was "a silly little story. Disc1 contains the movie in a good looking & sounding print 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. (Robert Walker) hates his father. Strangers on a Train movie clips: http://j.mp/1yz9FQeBUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/UinqkeDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:Guy (Farley Granger) notices a sinister face watching him from the crowd.FILM DESCRIPTION:In one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. 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. Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). 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. [6] He added the film in his Great Movies list. This includes lots of great home movies; Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting (SD; 1:08) is a weird little snippet without sound that shows Hitch interacting with actors made up as historical characters. By month's end, they were back in California. The worker who called the police tells them that Bruno, not Guy, is the one he remembers seeing the night of the murder. Addeddate 2021-02-10 15:58:01 Walker plays Bruno as
Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Yet as Bruno describes his "theories" over lunch, "Guy responds to Bruno we see it in his face, at once amused and tense. DVD Features: . to agree to the plan, and Guy trying to jolly him along and get rid of him. Hitchcock's trademark cameo) but you can look for yourself, in chapter six of
[21] "To all appearances Guy is the all-American stereotype, an athlete, unassuming despite his fame, conservatively dressed," wrote Carringer; he is "a man of indeterminate sexual identity found in circumstances making him vulnerable to being compromised. "Hitchcock told me that this scene was the most personally frightening moment for him in any of his films", writes biographer Charlotte Chandler. Co-adapted by Raymond Chandler from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train perfectly exemplifies Hitchcock's favorite theme of the evil that lurks just below the surface of. Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness. "[44], The film includes a number of puns and visual metaphors that demonstrate a running motif of crisscross, double-crossing, and crossing one's double. 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. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Strangers on a Train ( 1951) 100-101 mins | Drama | 30 June 1951 Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker [ More ] Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Cinematographer: Robert Burks Editor: William Ziegler Production Designer: Edward S. Haworth Production Company: I love Hitchcock but hadn't ever watched this one until the other day, and I was pleasantly surprised in some ways but mostly very disappointed. # travel # amazing # kit harington # you are amazing # youre amazing. Over lunch in his private
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