Rope

ROPE (1948) - June 8, 2004
An excellent thriller, memorably directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Probably one of his better movies (though I have yet to see a bad Hitchcock movie). Takes place in real time, featuring a series of very long shots. About two young men who commit a murder, and then hold a party with the dead body inside a chest as the centrepiece. Jimmy Stewart, as the one guest who suspects something is wrong, gives yet another excellent performance. The dialogue, though somewhat stagey at times, was really good, and it was really interesting watching the two men unravel under the pressure. Sort of similar to Murder by Numbers, in that two men commit a murder just for the sake of it, but infinitely better. Infinitely better times ten. ***1/2