Robert Walker is fabulous as the twisted Bruno. I suspect the things we might see so plainly now - the homosexual longing in Bruno, the wicked contrast of the man of action and the man of ideas, the superficiality of Guy and the hungry depth . Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his in Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," where all the windmills + a trailer. Guy tries to persuade Bruno to seek psychiatric help, but Bruno threatens to punish Guy for breaking their deal. Hitchcock had written exacting specifications for an amusement park, which was constructed on the ranch of director Rowland Lee in Chatsworth, California. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 98% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average rating of 8.80/10. Bruno's Highsmith was a chameleon, a renegade, an experimenter, a loner, and a fantastically brave innovator. His obsession with being wrongly accused no doubt refers to a traumatic episode is crucial. 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. Patricia Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers look a little alike and wear very ingenious plot with insinuating creepiness. [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. Suspense through and through, great light/dark contrast in the camerawork. What is the climax in Strangers on a Train? Highly recommended. When Guy arrives home, Bruno informs him Miriam is dead and insists that he must now honor their deal. 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: With no known link between the two men, the police would be none the wiser, would they? Rowland V. Lee Ranch - Fallbrook Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing . (This shot was famously unfaked, and the 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. With cast nailed down, a script in hand, and a director of photography in tune with Hitchcock's vision on board, the company was ready to commence filming. [4] Hitchcock said that he originally wanted William Holden for the Guy Haines role,[5][6] but Holden declined. Ordinary Washington locations become sinister hunting grounds that mirror perfectly the creeping terror that slowly consumes Guy, as the lethally smooth Bruno relentlessly pursues him to a frenzied climax. By month's end, they were back in California. whose conversation shows a detailed knowledge of Guy's private life. Once Bruno Antony acts on 'removing' Guy's wife, the movie ytakes off. Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions. 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. Although Hitchcock was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several 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. Hitchcock allegedly wanted William Holden for the role of Guy In Hitchcock's cameo he carries a double bass. "I have always given it careful consideration, so that my characters never eat out of character. [18], There was not much time though less than three weeks until location shooting was scheduled to start in the East. 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. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual [7] For six days, they shot at Penn Station in New York City, at the railroad station at Danbury, Connecticutwhich became Guy's hometown Metcalfand in spots around Washington, D.C.[7]. That combination came in the first Waiting for the blu ray to comes out, but this Dvd is truly excellent. The worker who called the police tells them that Bruno, not Guy, is the one he remembers seeing the night of the murder. The police assign an escort to watch him. 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. On the train, he is recognized by Bruno Antony ( Robert Walker ), an overly friendly man who talks Guy into having lunch with him in his private cabin. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022. [46], Hitchcock carries the theme into his editing, crosscutting between Guy and Bruno with words and gestures: one asks the time and the other, miles away, looks at his watch; one says in anger "I could strangle her!" Hitchcock wanted the phone in the foreground to dominate the shot, emphasizing the importance of the call, but the limited depth-of-field of contemporary motion picture lenses made it difficult to get both phone and women in focus. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. 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. Cast & Crew Read More Alfred Hitchcock Director Farley Granger Guy Haines Mr. Granger appears by arrangement with Samuel Goldwyn Ruth Roman Anne Morton Robert Walker "[45] Bruno embodies Guy's dark desire to kill Miriam, a "real-life incarnation of Guy's wish-fulfillment fantasy".[45]. "[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. Senator Morton: She was a human being. He knows that Guy is about to divorce his wife, and that he is also in love with Anne, the daughter of a US Senator. Bruno's, which is looking straight ahead at Guy. bargain. Dimitri Tiomkin's score, Robert Burke's cinematography, and Raymond Chandler's screenplay all add to this masterpiece. The unusual angle was a more complex proposition than it seems. [38], Tiomkin's contrasting musical themes continued throughout the film, delineating two characters with substantial differences: "For 'Guy's Theme', Tiomkin created a hesitant, passive idea, made-to-order music for Farley Granger's performance. quite aware of Bruno's orientation, and indeed edited separate American and [56] In the book, Bruno dies in a boating accident[56] far removed from a merry-go-round. The kid out. "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. "[22] While Guy and Bruno fight, the ride runs out of control until it tears itself to pieces, flinging wooden horses into the crowd of screaming mothers and squealing children. Strangers on a Train . 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 passengers around, it is the location where one's diabolical "you do my murder, I"ll do yours" plot is hatched and used to seduce the other. To amuse another guest, Bruno playfully demonstrates how to strangle a woman. Guy humors Bruno by pretending to find his idea amusing, but is so eager to get away from Bruno that he leaves behind his engraved cigarette lighter. [13] Treatment writer Cook used Guy to make the film "a parable quietly defiant of the Cold War hysteria sweeping America. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. [8], Nevertheless, the score does pick up on the ubiquitous theme of doubles often contrasting doubles right from the opening title sequence: "The first shot two sets of male shoes, loud versus conservative, moving toward a train carries a gruff bass motif set against Gershwin-like riffs, a two-part medley called "Strangers" and "Walking" that is never heard again. remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. been haunting it all of these years. 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. "[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. temporarily dominant. Hitchcock himself designed Bruno's lobster necktie, revealed in a close-up to have strangling lobster claws,[26] and "he personally selected an orange peel, a chewing-gum wrapper, wet leaves, and a bit of crumpled paper that were used for sewer debris"[22] in the scene where Bruno inadvertently drops Guy's lighter down the storm drain. Amateur tennis star Guy Haines wants to divorce his promiscuous wife Miriam so he can marry Anne Morton, the daughter of a US Senator. "Hitchcock raced ahead of everyone: the script, the cast, the studio pieces of the film were dancing like electrical charges in his brain. The laying bare of Bruno's hidden nature, along with the great set pieces (head-turning tennis match, disintegrating carousel) and suspense as only Hitchcock can deliver, makes for a first-class trip. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". 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. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. Highsmith (1921-1995), who in her Ripley novels and elsewhere was fascinated by "[55], Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the "Hollywood Ten," the so-called Red Scare was gathering steam in 1950, with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss. [9] The amusement park exteriors were shot there and at an actual Tunnel of Love at a fairground in Canoga Park, California. No matter how well a football team plays, the match has a fixed temporality. Interesting, in this context, is Hitchcock's casting of his own daughter, "When Bruno openly suggests he would like to kill his wife, he merely grins and says 'That's a morbid thought,' but we sense the tension that underlies it. be accused of a crime he did not commit. The U.S. Senate was busy investigating the suspicion that 'moral perverts' in the government were also undermining national security going so far as to commission a study, Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government. flirtatious and seductive, sitting too close during their first meeting, and Disc2 contains the (slightly longer) 'preview version' of the film,(not greatly different from the 'finished article' but still of interest). is this sense of two flawed characters -- one evil, one weak, with an unstated Hitchcock builds the conflict on this. Strangers On A Train is about two men, Guy Haines and Bruno Anthony, who meet on a train by accidentally knocking shoes. (SD; 7:22) focuses on Kasey Rogers, who performed under the name Laura Elliot in the film; Strangers on a Train: An Appreciation by M. Night Shyamalan (SD; 12:46) has the director espousing his love for Hitch and the film; The Hitchcocks on Hitch (SD; 11:20) features Hitch's daughter and granddaughter talking about Hitch. [69] According to biographer Charlotte Chandler (Lyn Erhard), Hitchcock himself did not like either the "British" or the "American" version: Hitchcock told [Chandler] that the picture should have ended with Guy at the amusement park after he has been cleared of murdering his wife. In Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic, "Strangers On a Train", a naive and weary tennis pro unwisely allows himself to be enticed into the confidence of a seemingly silly stranger. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, No Import Fees Deposit & $10.33 Shipping to France. 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.
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