"Isn't it a fascinating design?" Dreadful business. Hitchcock's even-strained response: "Cut. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. "[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. --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"}]. "[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. She's behind Miriam in the early The rest was complete by early November. ( IMDB). Better still, the two-sided DVD edition of this enduring classic includes both the original version of the film and also the longer prerelease British print, which offers a more overt depiction of Bruno's flamboyant and dangerous personality, and his homoerotic attraction to Guy by way of his deviously indecent proposal. Behind the Story contains these featurettes: Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing the importance of the film in the Hitchcock canon; Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V. [70], Strangers on a Train was adapted for the radio program Lux Radio Theatre on two occasions: on December 3, 1951, with Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, and Ray Milland, and on April 12, 1954, with Virginia Mayo, Dana Andrews, and Robert Cummings.[44]. 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. conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearance occurs 11 minutes into the film. probably find at the top. Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? "On one side of the street, [are] stately respectable houses; towering in the background, on the right of the screen, the floodlit dome of the U.S. Capitol, the life to which Guy aspires, the world of light and order. It was Hitchcock, not Tiomkin, whose idea brought the four evocative numbers[8] "The Band Played On", "Carolina in the Morning", "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", and "Baby Face" to the soundtrack: In one of Hitchcock's most explicit operatic gestures, the characters at the fateful carnival sing the score, giving it full dimension as part of the drama. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only conversation -- which ends on an ambiguous note, with Bruno trying to get Guy "perfect crime" in which he would murder Guy's wife, Guy would murder Hitchcock, promotionally photographed many times over the years strangling various actresses and other women some one-handed, others two found himself in front of a camera with his fingers around the neck of a bust of daughter Patricia;[26] the photo found its way into newspapers nationwide. One gets the feeling of a closeted homosexual constantly coming onto Guy. rotate in the same direction -- except one.). Made by movie fans, for movie fans.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS:MOVIECLIPS: http://bit.ly/1u2yaWdComingSoon: http://bit.ly/1DVpgtRIndie \u0026 Film Festivals: http://bit.ly/1wbkfYgHero Central: http://bit.ly/1AMUZwvExtras: http://bit.ly/1u431frClassic Trailers: http://bit.ly/1u43jDePop-Up Trailers: http://bit.ly/1z7EtZRMovie News: http://bit.ly/1C3Ncd2Movie Games: http://bit.ly/1ygDV13Fandango: http://bit.ly/1Bl79yeFandango FrontRunners: http://bit.ly/1CggQfCHIT US UP:Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1y8M8axTwitter: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmtPinterest: http://bit.ly/14wL9DeTumblr: http://bit.ly/1vUwhH7 The unusual angle was a more complex proposition than it seems. 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 everyday life and ordinary men.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Warner Bros. (1951)Cast: Farley Granger, Georges Renavent, Robert Walker, Patricia Hitchcock, Odette Myrtil, Ruth RomanDirector: Alfred HitchcockProducer: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook, Ben Hecht, Patricia Highsmith, Czenzi OrmondeWHO ARE WE?The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love Next, Hitchcock tried to hire Ben Hecht, but learned he was unavailable. He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. Another great shot shows Bruno's face in the shadow of his hat brim, "[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. [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. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". Guy, on the other hand, shows little interest in eating the lunch, apparently having given it no advance thought, in contrast to Bruno, and he merely orders what seems his routine choice, a hamburger and coffee. "[I]n one of the most unexpected, most aesthetically justified moments in film,"[29] the slow, almost graceful, murder is shown as a reflection in the victim's eyeglasses, which have been jarred loose from her head and dropped to the ground. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno He always used the convention that the left side of the screen is for evil and/or weaker characters, while the right is for characters who are either good or temporarily dominant. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Strangers On a Train 14+ HD CC Thriller 1 Hour 40 Minutes 1951 4.1 43 Ratings Strange thing about this trip. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2021, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2021, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White, English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Leo G. Carroll, Farley Granger, Hitchcock, Patricia, Lorne, Marion, Roman, Ruth. 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. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. thriller with odd little kinks now and then. Disc2 contains the (slightly longer) 'preview version' of the film,(not greatly different from the 'finished article' but still of interest). be accused of a crime he did not commit. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022. By month's end, they were back in California. (original music by) Cinematography by Robert Burks . [22] "Low-keyed, mild mannered", Burks was "a versatile risk-taker with a penchant for moody atmosphere. Guy meets with Miriam, who is pregnant by someone else, at her workplace in Metcalf, their hometown. 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. "[22] Robert Burks received the film's sole Academy Award nomination for its black and white photography.[23]. Over lunch in his private Anne visits Bruno's home and tries explaining to his befuddled mother that her son is a murderer. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. "[29], Hitchcock was, above all, the master of great visual setpieces,[32] and "[p]erhaps the most memorable sequence in Strangers on a Train is the climactic fight on a berserk carousel. Ebert wrote: Hitchcock was a classical technician in terms of controlling his visuals, and his use of screen space underlined the tension in ways the audience isn't always aware of. Realizing that Guy is not the murderer, the police ask him to come to the station to tie up loose ends. Granger One of my top 50 movies, never seen on a big screen. [4] "Granger is softer and more elusive, more convincing as he tries to slip out of Bruno's conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). Strangers on a Train (1951) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Alfred Hitchcock . party when he sees Barbara, flashes back to the murder, and flips out. These disturbing sounds, heard to superb effect in cues such as 'The Meeting,' 'Senator's Office,' and 'Jefferson Memorial,' are not just about Bruno, but about how he is perceived by those whose lives he crossesfirst Guy, then everyone in Guy's entourage."[37]. Some people are better off dead.") [7] The director found her "bristling" and "lacking in sex appeal" and said that she had been "foisted upon him. Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. allowed an aging actress to manipulate him in "Sunset Boulevard"). Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his 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. 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. So much occurs in pairs. [44] Hitchcock made personal appearances in most of them, and was often accompanied by his daughter. 16793 GIFs. Beyond all the historical footnotes and film-buff fascination. Strangers on a Train . 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"Isn't it a fascinating design?" Dreadful business. Hitchcock's even-strained response: "Cut. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. "[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. --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"}]. "[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. She's behind Miriam in the early
The rest was complete by early November. ( IMDB). Better still, the two-sided DVD edition of this enduring classic includes both the original version of the film and also the longer prerelease British print, which offers a more overt depiction of Bruno's flamboyant and dangerous personality, and his homoerotic attraction to Guy by way of his deviously indecent proposal. Behind the Story contains these featurettes: Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing the importance of the film in the Hitchcock canon; Strangers on a Train: The Victim's P.O.V. [70], Strangers on a Train was adapted for the radio program Lux Radio Theatre on two occasions: on December 3, 1951, with Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, and Ray Milland, and on April 12, 1954, with Virginia Mayo, Dana Andrews, and Robert Cummings.[44]. 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. conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearance occurs 11 minutes into the film. probably find at the top. Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? "On one side of the street, [are] stately respectable houses; towering in the background, on the right of the screen, the floodlit dome of the U.S. Capitol, the life to which Guy aspires, the world of light and order. It was Hitchcock, not Tiomkin, whose idea brought the four evocative numbers[8] "The Band Played On", "Carolina in the Morning", "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", and "Baby Face" to the soundtrack: In one of Hitchcock's most explicit operatic gestures, the characters at the fateful carnival sing the score, giving it full dimension as part of the drama. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only
conversation -- which ends on an ambiguous note, with Bruno trying to get Guy
"perfect crime" in which he would murder Guy's wife, Guy would murder
Hitchcock, promotionally photographed many times over the years strangling various actresses and other women some one-handed, others two found himself in front of a camera with his fingers around the neck of a bust of daughter Patricia;[26] the photo found its way into newspapers nationwide. One gets the feeling of a closeted homosexual constantly coming onto Guy. rotate in the same direction -- except one.). Made by movie fans, for movie fans.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS:MOVIECLIPS: http://bit.ly/1u2yaWdComingSoon: http://bit.ly/1DVpgtRIndie \u0026 Film Festivals: http://bit.ly/1wbkfYgHero Central: http://bit.ly/1AMUZwvExtras: http://bit.ly/1u431frClassic Trailers: http://bit.ly/1u43jDePop-Up Trailers: http://bit.ly/1z7EtZRMovie News: http://bit.ly/1C3Ncd2Movie Games: http://bit.ly/1ygDV13Fandango: http://bit.ly/1Bl79yeFandango FrontRunners: http://bit.ly/1CggQfCHIT US UP:Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1y8M8axTwitter: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmtPinterest: http://bit.ly/14wL9DeTumblr: http://bit.ly/1vUwhH7 The unusual angle was a more complex proposition than it seems. 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 everyday life and ordinary men.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Warner Bros. (1951)Cast: Farley Granger, Georges Renavent, Robert Walker, Patricia Hitchcock, Odette Myrtil, Ruth RomanDirector: Alfred HitchcockProducer: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook, Ben Hecht, Patricia Highsmith, Czenzi OrmondeWHO ARE WE?The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love
Next, Hitchcock tried to hire Ben Hecht, but learned he was unavailable. He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. Another great shot shows Bruno's face in the shadow of his hat brim,
"[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. [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. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". Guy, on the other hand, shows little interest in eating the lunch, apparently having given it no advance thought, in contrast to Bruno, and he merely orders what seems his routine choice, a hamburger and coffee. "[I]n one of the most unexpected, most aesthetically justified moments in film,"[29] the slow, almost graceful, murder is shown as a reflection in the victim's eyeglasses, which have been jarred loose from her head and dropped to the ground. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual
Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno
He always used the convention that the left side of the screen is for evil and/or weaker characters, while the right is for characters who are either good or temporarily dominant. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Strangers On a Train 14+ HD CC Thriller 1 Hour 40 Minutes 1951 4.1 43 Ratings Strange thing about this trip. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2021, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2021, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White, English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Leo G. Carroll, Farley Granger, Hitchcock, Patricia, Lorne, Marion, Roman, Ruth. 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. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. thriller with odd little kinks now and then. Disc2 contains the (slightly longer) 'preview version' of the film,(not greatly different from the 'finished article' but still of interest). be accused of a crime he did not commit. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022. By month's end, they were back in California. (original music by) Cinematography by Robert Burks . [22] "Low-keyed, mild mannered", Burks was "a versatile risk-taker with a penchant for moody atmosphere. Guy meets with Miriam, who is pregnant by someone else, at her workplace in Metcalf, their hometown. 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. "[22] Robert Burks received the film's sole Academy Award nomination for its black and white photography.[23]. Over lunch in his private
Anne visits Bruno's home and tries explaining to his befuddled mother that her son is a murderer. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and has been seen in the company of senator's daughter Ann Morton (Ruth Roman). ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. "[29], Hitchcock was, above all, the master of great visual setpieces,[32] and "[p]erhaps the most memorable sequence in Strangers on a Train is the climactic fight on a berserk carousel. Ebert wrote: Hitchcock was a classical technician in terms of controlling his visuals, and his use of screen space underlined the tension in ways the audience isn't always aware of. Realizing that Guy is not the murderer, the police ask him to come to the station to tie up loose ends. Granger
One of my top 50 movies, never seen on a big screen. [4] "Granger is softer and more elusive, more convincing as he tries to slip out of Bruno's conversational web instead of flatly rejecting him. Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero
Bruno knows about Guy well from reading gossip papers. Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). Strangers on a Train (1951) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Alfred Hitchcock . party when he sees Barbara, flashes back to the murder, and flips out. These disturbing sounds, heard to superb effect in cues such as 'The Meeting,' 'Senator's Office,' and 'Jefferson Memorial,' are not just about Bruno, but about how he is perceived by those whose lives he crossesfirst Guy, then everyone in Guy's entourage."[37]. Some people are better off dead.") [7] The director found her "bristling" and "lacking in sex appeal" and said that she had been "foisted upon him. Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. allowed an aging actress to manipulate him in "Sunset Boulevard"). Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his
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. 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. So much occurs in pairs. [44] Hitchcock made personal appearances in most of them, and was often accompanied by his daughter. 16793 GIFs. Beyond all the historical footnotes and film-buff fascination. Strangers on a Train . 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