Master's Lens

Grady 2022-03-24 09:01:35

A closed scene, few shots, few characters, and 80 minutes in length make people feel like they are watching a play. Although the script of this film is indeed adapted from a play, the director Hitchcock would never simply move the stage play to the big screen.
He knows best to only let the viewer see what he wants the viewer to see, we don't have to choose, we will enjoy everything he presents to us.
Through his ingenious lens scheduling and several key editing, even if we knew the truth from the beginning, he still kept our eyes away from the screen. For example, when the female housekeeper was cleaning the table, only the female housekeeper went back and forth in the camera. The figure and half of the calm observer Rubert, the existence of others is only through the sound of dialogue, but our hearts have been raised unconsciously.
Similarly, when Rupert restored the crime scene, the camera followed Rupert's guidance and swept through the empty scenes, allowing the viewer to fill in the unrepresented part of the truth with his own imagination.
Some movies will still be watched decades later, probably because some of these movies will never go out of style and will always be worthy of our tribute waiting for us to experience for ourselves.

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Extended Reading
  • Jaclyn 2021-11-13 08:01:22

    There is an experimental spirit; the plot is abusive. Why did Stewart become a detective?

  • Marcus 2022-03-20 09:01:34

    Hitchcock was especially fond of long takes, and in Reaper of Souls he took it to the extreme.

Rope quotes

  • Janet: How many years has it been since I said, "Oh, it tickles"? And don't you tell me.

  • Janet: May I use the phone?

    Brandon: Of course. It's in the bedroom.

    Janet: How cozy.