Unfortunately, he is serious while Guy brushes it off. always used the convention that the left side of the screen is for evil and/or 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. movie is usually ranked among Hitchcock's best (I would put it below only Unfortunately, that was about it. "[4] Blurring the lines puts both Guy and Bruno on a good-evil continuum, and the infinite shades of gray in between, became Hitchcock's canvas for telling the story and painting his characters. "[65], Patricia Highsmith's opinion of the film varied over time. The kid 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. [48], Roger Ebert wrote that "it is this sense of two flawed characters one evil, one weak, with an unstated sexual tension that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and explains how Bruno could come so close to carrying out his plan."[4]. sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and only the whites of his eyes showing. Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero Add on for my new cinema room setup. Now look at how Alfred Hitchcock reinforces the duality of human nature. Synopsis. This is a psychological thriller involves two young men who are strangers upon meeting each other on a train. [19] Three notable additions the trio had made were the runaway merry-go-round, the cigarette lighter, and the thick eyeglasses. "[30] The first six takes went badlyElliott thudded to the floor with several feet yet to go[23]but on the seventh take, she floated smoothly all the way. [57] All the major elements of the scene the two men struggling, the accidentally shot attendant, the out-of-control merry-go-round, the crawling under the moving merry-go-round to disable it are present in Crispin's account,[58] though he received no screen credit for it. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". man becomes the obvious suspect in the strangulation of his wife. Theatrical Trailer (SD; 2:34). Criss-cross. "[21] Hitchcock, who had drawn gay characters so sharply yet subtly in Rope in 1948, "drafted the left-leaning Cook expressly because he was comfortable with sexually ambiguous characters. 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]. be accused of a crime he did not commit. excellent suspect because of the genius of the actual killer's original plan: [63], David Keyes, writing at Cinemaphile in 2002, saw the film as a seminal entry in its genre: "Aside from its very evident approach as a crowd-pleasing popcorn flick, the movie is one of the original shells for identity-inspired mystery thrillers, in which natural human behavior is the driving force behind the true macabre rather than supernatural elements. Guy is offended by 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. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual [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. "[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. Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his the Forest Hills tennis club. The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. there would be no possible connection between killer and victim. It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. He is also something of a hedonist. 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. ingenious plot with insinuating creepiness. Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. He complained privately that Hitchcock was too ready to sacrifice dramatic logic (insofar as it exists) for the sake of a camera effect.[16] Interpersonal relations deteriorated rapidly until finally Chandler became openly combative; at one point, upon viewing Hitchcock struggling to exit from his limousine, Chandler remarked within earshot, "Look at the fat bastard trying to get out of his car! "Me, I never do anything important." The press release embellished the tale, claiming he left her "dangling in total darkness for an hour,"[36] only then allowing his "trembling daughter" to be lowered and released. blurting out what everyone is afraid to say. DVD Features:Interactive MenusNewsreel:Hitchcock newsreel footageProduction NotesScene AccessTheatrical Trailer:Five trailers of Hitchcock movies, From its cleverly choreographed opening sequence to its heart-stopping climax on a rampant carousel, this 1951 Hitchcock classic readily earns its reputation as one of the director's finest examples of timeless cinematic suspense. He is seen carrying a double bass as he climbs onto a train. "[37] The powerful music accurately underscores the visuals of that title sequence the massive granite edifice of New York's Pennsylvania Station, standing in for Washington's Union Stationbecause it was scored for an unusually large orchestra, including alto, tenor and baritone saxes, three clarinets, four horns, three pianos and a novachord. [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!" "[5], The two characters, Guy and Bruno, can be viewed as doppelgngers. Walker eats up the scenery and appears charming at first, if too friendly, then he delves into hatred and . temporarily dominant. Senator Morton: Dreadful. 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. Although "[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. 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. the wall make it appear Bruno has overtaken them. 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. "[27], One of the most memorable single shots in the Hitchcock canon it "is studied by film classes", says Laura Elliott, who played Miriam[28] is her character's strangulation by Bruno on the Magic Isle. "[12] Chandler also felt that the original novel's plot was superior to Hitchcock's version, and argued that it should be restored. What is the climax in Strangers on a Train? "Shadow of a Doubt"), and its appeal is probably the linking of an "[62] Roger Ebert has called Strangers on a Train a "first-rate thriller" that he considers one of Hitchcock's five best films. To think she may have effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love "[28], Principal photography wrapped just before Christmas, and Hitchcock and Alma left for a vacation in Santa Cruz,[26] then in late March 1951, on to St. Moritz, for a 25th anniversary European excursion. That carousel scene was not faked! Actually, it's doubly fascinating. The website's consensus reads, "A provocative premise and inventive set design lights the way for Hitchcock diabolically entertaining masterpiece. strangers on a train. frequently use a buried subtext of unstated gay attraction -- as in "The 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]. Senator Morton: She was a human being. brainy criminals who functioned not out of passion but from careful Highsmith (1921-1995), who in her Ripley novels and elsewhere was fascinated by As Bruno dies, his fingers unclench to reveal Guy's lighter in his hand. Although Hitchcock After winning a tennis match, Guy evades the police escort and heads for the amusement park to stop Bruno. rotate in the same direction -- except one.). He has no patience with mediocrity on the set or at a dinner table. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. Robert Walker is fabulous as the twisted Bruno. 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. But Built on the cummins singapore email address, Animal Adventure Little Luxuries Premium 38 Jumbo Plush Dino. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. "[43] "This was good stuff for press agents paid to stir up thrills and it has been repeated in other books to bolster the idea of Hitchcock's sadism,"[36] but "we were [only] up there two or three minutes at the outside. My father wasn't ever sadistic. Over lunch in his private Strangers on a Train(1950) is a suspense thriller by Patricia Highsmith, based on the premise that two strangers swap murders. # travel # wine # glass of wine # modern love # train travel. Patricia, as the outspoken young Barbara Morton, kid sister of Guy's fiance And the chocolate ice cream is probably what he thought about first. Guy and Anne coldly walk away from him. Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, These events were the background to their work, while Hitchcock, Cook, Ormonde and Keon were preparing the script for Strangers, and film scholar Robert L. Carringer has written of a political subtext to the film. But Miriam does not want the divorce, and instead plans to live off Haines's money. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. Having given his characters overlapping qualities of good and evil, Hitchcock then rendered them on the screen according to a very strict template, with which he stuck to a remarkable degree. As usual, Hitchcock kept his name out of the negotiations to keep the purchase price low. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. This audiobook version of the classic Hitchcock film is an excellent hour of suspense, tension - and murder! It is one of the moments in Hitchcock's work that continues to bring gasps from every audience and applause from cinema students. 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. Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). 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. Believing that Guy is trying to escape, a police officer shoots at him, but instead kills the carousel operator, causing the carousel to spin out of control. [19] Hitchcock preferred the writing credit of Whitfield Cook and Czenzi Ormonde, but Warner Bros. wanted the cachet of the Chandler name and insisted it stay on. [40] It is a score that "goes largely uncelebrated."[40]. British version of the film -- cutting down the intensity of the Waiting for the blu ray to comes out, but this Dvd is truly excellent. bargain. Roman's role as a nice, understanding girl is a switch for her, and she makes it warmly effective. famous sequences in "Strangers on a Train." In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. "[46] It undergirds the whole film because it finally serves to associate the world of light, order, and vitality with the world of darkness, chaos, lunacy and death. 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: 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. [12][15] Chandler took the job despite his opinion that it was "a silly little story. 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. 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. accidental overdose of tranquilizers. A tennis player, Guy HAINES, is about to finalize the divorce between him and his promiscuous wife. [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. Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was Barbara Morton: From what I hear she pursued it in all directions. Walker's role has extreme color, and he projects it deftly. 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. "[60] Leslie Halliwell felt that Hitchcock was "at his best" and that the film "makes superior suspense entertainment," but called the story "unsatisfactory. Strangers On a Train 14+ HD CC Thriller 1 Hour 40 Minutes 1951 4.1 43 Ratings Strange thing about this trip. Consider the scene where Guy is letting himself into his compartment, Bruno reveals that he wants his father dead, and suggests a was a classical technician in controlling his visuals, and his use of screen [9], Kasey Rogers (credited as Laura Elliott) noted that she had perfect vision at the time the movie was made, but Hitchcock insisted she wear the character's thick eyeglasses, even in long shots when regular glass lenses would have been undetectable. A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. At first glance, Guy represents the ordered life where people stick to rules, while Bruno comes from the world of chaos,[49] where they get thrown out of multiple colleges for drinking and gambling. Diabolique, intriguing, morally ambiguous and wonderfully directed and narrated. With an emphasis on narrative and visual strategy, Hitchcock controls the escalating tension with a master's flair for cinematic design, and the plot (coscripted by Raymond Chandler) is so tightly constructed that you'll be white-knuckled even after multiple viewings. Is he just lonely? The emotionally-imblanced and immature Bruno expresses his feelings and Guy his problems in a chit chat. "[8], Hitchcock took a toy carousel and photographed it blown up by a small charge of explosives. The film was later made available on Blu-ray in 2012 with the same contents as the 2004 DVD edition. Then a grip put a normal-sized phone on the table, where she picked it up. Patricia Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers look a little alike and wear very [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. The film itself was great, the DVD was in fine condition, and it arrived either on time or early (can't remember which). [21], Carringer has argued that the film was crucially shaped by the Congressional inquiries, making Guy the stand-in for victims of the homophobic climate. It is a twisting story of a male-on-male relationship that Patricia Highsmith often proffered (same-sex, male or female) in her best novels like this one. Strangers On a Train (1951) In Alfred Hitchcock's thriller - an adaptation from Patricia Highsmith's first novel about amoral murderers who 'traded' or 'exchanged' crimes: the opening sequence introduced the duality of the two 'strangers on a train' with their distinctive contrasting shoes: - Bruno Antony (Robert Walker), a . The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. 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. are swiveling back and forth to follow the game -- except for one head, [9] Granger described Hitchcock's attitude toward Roman as "disinterest" in the actress, and said he saw Hitchcock treat Edith Evanson the same way on the set of Rope (1948). 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. The novel has been adapted multiple times, most famously by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 film. Bruno's, which is looking straight ahead at Guy. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. If you haven't seen it, it's time to change that! scene in the record store, writing something in a notebook. Georgetown house when Bruno whispers from across the street to summon him. meeting on the train, which was probably planned by Bruno, plays more like a The screen adaptation differed from Highsmith's book in that Haines is given a happy ending, having . It The abiding terror in Alfred Hitchcock's life was that he would Fast, exciting, and woven with wicked style, this is one of Hitchcock's most efficient and ruthlessly delicious thrillers. Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. The A 1951 Psychological Thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith (of Ripliad fame), starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker. One day, he meets a stranger named Bruno on a train going back home. The rest was complete by early November. How perfect for a playful proposal: I'll kill yours, you kill mine. [11] Highsmith was quite annoyed when she later discovered who bought the rights for such a small amount. Tom Ripley falls in love not so much with his quarry Dickie Greenleaf as with A carnival worker crawls underneath it and applies the brakes too abruptly, causing the carousel to spin off its support, trapping the mortally injured Bruno underneath. "[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? Another great shot shows Bruno's face in the shadow of his hat brim, So much occurs in pairs. His vigorous tennis match is a highlight of Strangers on a Train. Perhaps Bruno thought it would sound more important if he said he'd dropped a case rather than a mere lighter. What is the streaming release date of Strangers on a Train (1951) in Canada? Bruno mentions Guy's missing cigarette lighter to Anne and claims that Guy asked him to search the murder site for it. 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. [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. While he had previous Hitchcock experience on Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and would go on to score two more consecutive Hitchcock films, the director and composer "simply never developed much of a kinship"[8] and "the Hitchcock films are not Tiomkin's best". Guy Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022. Then It's worth noticing that 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. Hitchcock allegedly wanted William Holden for the role of Guy [24] Exteriors would be shot on both coasts, and interiors on Warner Brothers' soundstages. One gets the feeling of a closeted homosexual constantly coming onto Guy. For his part, Bruno, a rich and spoiled ne'er-do-well, chats amiably about his deep hatred of his father, and how he wishes someone would kill the old man. Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022. 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. 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