Pervasive evil

Shaun 2021-11-13 08:01:22

Hitchcock is probably the first person to use movies to boldly express the evil in human nature and achieve success. Not only that, but his perversion is that he often unknowingly traps the audience in injustice, and makes us unknowingly. Become a voyeur or an accomplice, which is why his works are so attractive.

Rope is such a simple but evil movie. It is not enough to kill others. It is also necessary to use the cabinet that pretends to be the deceased as a dining table to feast on the guests at the murder scene, including the victim's girlfriend and father! ! ! The feeling of talking and laughing with them beside the corpse is really irritating! Of course, the perverted Hitchcock never let go of the murderer, he added another exciting seasoning: sensitive and suspicious, the same psychopathic Rupert came to play the "cat and mouse" game with them.

As the plot progresses, every look, expression, action, and language of the people in the play has firmly captured the nerves of the audience. Brandon's calmness and weight, Philip's timidity, and Joubert's sensitivity and suspiciousness are so vividly expressed that they make the audience fear that the body will be found and that the body will not be found; they hate the ruthlessness of the murderer. , But hates Rupert's nosy, and at the same time there is such an evil idea that hopes the murderer will get away with it, I'm afraid most viewers will feel the same.

In contrast, the final ending seemed a bit sloppy and disrupted the elegant and evil atmosphere created before. I'm afraid it was also a compromise made at the time for the smooth release of the film. I guess the ending in Hitchcock’s heart may be that Rupert also participated in the work of destroying the corpses after some ideological struggles. The last three people went to the beach to vacation together as the end, but maybe this way we can’t see it. This masterpiece is out.

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Extended Reading

Rope quotes

  • Brandon: Perhaps what is called "civilization" is hypocrisy.

  • Rupert Cadell: You were really pushing your point rather hard. You aren't planning to do away with a few inferiors, by any chance?

    Brandon: I'm a creature of whim. Who knows?