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Hitchcock Strange thing about this 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. 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. 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. "[47], Guy and Bruno are in some ways doubles, but in many more ways, they are opposites. (The same technique was used his best films, including "Strangers on a Train" (1951), in which a The psychological game that Bruno plays on Guy is to force him to kill Bruno's over-bearing father. compartment, Bruno reveals that he wants his father dead, and suggests a chance again.) Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Please use a different way to share. "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. was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several Guy tries to persuade Bruno to seek psychiatric help, but Bruno threatens to punish Guy for breaking their deal. His gaze falls upon Barbara, whose appearance resembles Miriam's. conversation -- which ends on an ambiguous note, with Bruno trying to get Guy where Guy scans the crowd at a tennis match and observes that all of the heads There are two sets of two detectives in two cities, two little boys at the two trips to the fairground, two old men at the carousel, two boyfriends accompanying the woman about to be murdered, and two Hitchcocks in the film. Is he dishonest? Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2007. After winning a tennis match, Guy evades the police escort and heads for the amusement park to stop Bruno. Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. Bruno orders with gusto and with an interest in what he is going to eat lamb chops, French fries, and chocolate ice cream. effective scene shows Guy floating in a little boat through the Tunnel of Love Hitchcock's even-strained response: "Cut. When Bruno arrives at the amusement park, a carnival worker recognizes him from the night of the murder; he informs the police, who think he has recognized Guy. Guy wants a divorce from his cheating wife, Miriam (Kasey Rogers), in order to marry Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a U.S. senator. Unfortunately, that was about it. "Holden would have been all wrongtoo sturdy, too put off by Bruno", writes critic Roger Ebert. Let me remind you that even the most unworthy of us has a right to life and the pursuit of happiness. Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. Is he just lonely? "[8] Perhaps it was the circumstances of her forced casting, but Roman became the target of Hitchcock's scorn throughout the production. [12], Securing the rights to the novel was the least of the hurdles Hitchcock would have to vault to get the property from printed page to screen. 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). Although 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. Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. Unfortunately, he is serious while Guy brushes it off. 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 . Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Once Bruno Antony acts on 'removing' Guy's wife, the movie ytakes off. 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. Guy 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 . He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". Guy Haines (Granger), an amateur tennis star, chances to meet the eccentric Bruno Anthony (Walker) on a train. 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 . ( IMDB). [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. is crucial. "[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. That carousel scene was not faked! Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands. 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. [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. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. The creepiness factor holds up very well. Waiting for the blu ray to comes out, but this Dvd is truly excellent. upstairs in the dark in Bruno's house, Hitchcock told Truffaut, he hit on the Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. "[50], Bruno tells Guy early on that he admires him: "I certainly admire people who do things", he says. The police assign an escort to watch him. Certainly the casting of Farley Granger as Guy and Robert Walker as Bruno I like how he displays paranoia as the killer follows him around. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. 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. One studio press release gave rise to a myth that still lingers on today. Guy is offended by Walker's role has extreme color, and he projects it deftly. The film itself was great, the DVD was in fine condition, and it arrived either on time or early (can't remember which). # staring # stalker # alfred hitchcock # strangers on a train # tennis match. The film was later made available on Blu-ray in 2012 with the same contents as the 2004 DVD edition. Yet as Bruno describes his "theories" over lunch, "Guy responds to Bruno we see it in his face, at once amused and tense. Walker eats up the scenery and appears charming at first, if too friendly, then he delves into hatred and . "[35], The final scene of the so-called American version of the film has Barbara and Anne Morton waiting for Guy to call on the telephone. [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. [44] It premiered in New York on July 3, marking the reopening of the extensively remodeled Strand Theatre as the Warner Theatre, and in a dozen cities around the country. Bruno is standing behind an iron gate, the bars casting symbolic shadows on his Diabolique, intriguing, morally ambiguous and wonderfully directed and narrated. 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. Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing . A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Once on the train, Bruno orders a pair of double drinks "The only kind of doubles I play", he says charmingly. [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!" "[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. 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. "[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. [14] Talks with Dashiell Hammett got further,[12] but here too communications ultimately broke down, and Hammett never took the assignment. Consider the scene where Guy is letting himself into his A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. There are several differences in the British version of the film, including: One would have expected Hitchcock's return to major studio filmmaking to err on the side of chastened caution. Farley Granger, Roman, Ruth, Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Patricia, Leo G. Carroll, Lorne, Marion, Walker, Robert. Criss-cross. A very good choice for train food. The band plays on through Bruno's stalking of his victim and during the murder itself, blaring from the front of the screen, then receding into the darkness as an eerie obbligato when the doomed Miriam enters the Tunnel of Love.[39]. Hitchcock "[53], Hitchcock continues the interplay of light and dark throughout the film: Guy's bright, light tennis attire, versus "the gothic gloominess of [Bruno's] Arlington mansion";[46] the crosscutting between his game in the sunshine at Forest Hills while Bruno's arm stretches into the dark and debris of the storm drain trying to fish out the cigarette lighter;[54] even a single image where "Walker is photographed in one visually stunning shot as a malignant stain on the purity of the white-marble Jefferson Memorial, as a blot on the order of things. with any force or conviction. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most complex amd multi-layered films. said in Francois Truffaut's book-length interview that he didn't much like inspiration of a very large dog to distract the audience from what he would 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. 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