| Rope
				(1948), 
				Director: Alfred Hitchcock, rated PG 
				It's his most 
				nerve-stretching thriller! 
				
		  Starring: James 
				Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Sir Cedric 
				Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Edith Evanson 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★★★ 
				- perfect 
				"I've always wished for 
				more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. 
				The power 
				to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create." - 
				Brandon Shaw 
				Why watch this? 
				This is my favorite Hitchcock film. It's lean and twisted. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Two intellectual young men, Brandon and Phillip, murder a former 
				classmate as an act to prove their supposed superiority. They 
				then host a dinner party, with the victim's body hidden in a 
				chest within the same room, serving as a macabre challenge to 
				mental acuity. As the evening unfolds, their former professor, 
				Rupert, becomes increasingly suspicious at their odd behavior. 
				Dad's Preview: 
				There is just something about this film that I love. Perhaps it 
				is the devious plot by two privileged men who tempt fate out of boredom. Perhaps it 
				is James 
				Stewart's performance as their old college professor who 
				immediately senses something is amiss. Perhaps it is Hitchcock's 
				unique techniques, where he uses long takes, which in turn gives 
				the viewer a sense of a continuous take. It was not popular upon 
				release, but this is a gripping, bold, interesting, even controversial film. 
				 Transatlantic 
				Pictures; Warner Bros.
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