While Hitchcock strips out much of the textured sociopathy of Bruno's machinations, Hitchcocks preserves the ripely perverse relationship and its intimacy and murderous expression. his identity and lifestyle. Patricia, as the outspoken young Barbara Morton, kid sister of Guy's fiance
Hitchcock allegedly wanted William Holden for the role of Guy
2003 biography says she often fell in love with straight women, and her stories
This is a five minute mise en scene analysis podcast of the tennis scene from Alfred Hitchock's "Strangers on a Train" by Connor Best and Amanda McVey. Hitchcock also cast Granger in "Rope" (1948), based on the
In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Now look at how Alfred Hitchcock reinforces the duality of human nature. Hitchcock
"[21] The more the film resolved in his mind's eye, the more he knew his director of photography would play a critical role in the scenes' execution. Ormonde hunkered down with Hitchcock's associate producer Barbara Keondisparagingly called "Hitchcock's factotum" by Chandler[19]and Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife. remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. A very good choice for train food. A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the A diabolique and dark noir all set between a train and some neighborhood, with a confrontation that often becomes morally ambiguous and a direction that shows all HItch's talent in building creating suspense and scary scenes with just the right photography or even the perfect cut and juxtaposition of shots (see how he builds the party scene with the progressive introduction of the bad guy in the initially stiff and upperclass situation). His gaze falls upon Barbara, whose appearance resembles Miriam's. Hitchcock had written exacting specifications for an amusement park, which was constructed on the ranch of director Rowland Lee in Chatsworth, California. compartment, Bruno reveals that he wants his father dead, and suggests a
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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. Her suspicions aroused, Anne confronts Guy, who tells her the truth about Bruno's scheme. The merry-go-round scene is not in the book, but is taken from the climax of Edmund Crispin's 1946 novel The Moving Toyshop. As Guy listens with detached amusement, Bruno discusses the theory of \"exchange murders.\" Suppose that Bruno were to murder Guy's wife, and Guy in exchange were to kill Bruno's father? Diabolique, intriguing, morally ambiguous and wonderfully directed and narrated. Disc2 contains the (slightly longer) 'preview version' of the film,(not greatly different from the 'finished article' but still of interest). I suspect the things we might see so plainly now - the homosexual longing in Bruno, the wicked contrast of the man of action and the man of ideas, the superficiality of Guy and the hungry depth . Surely few expected his most riotous, unrestrained film, a gleeful melange of vicious black comedy, exciting suspense, mocking manipulation, and astonishing flights of fancy. "On one side of the street, [are] stately respectable houses; towering in the background, on the right of the screen, the floodlit dome of the U.S. Capitol, the life to which Guy aspires, the world of light and order. On the train, he is recognized by Bruno Antony ( Robert Walker ), an overly friendly man who talks Guy into having lunch with him in his private cabin. But
Next shot. His best performance and best casting. audiences would sense qualities in the actors that didn't need to be spelled
He's endearing and menacing, intimate and unknowable. That combination came in the first
fiction when she actually writes mainstream fiction about criminals. [44] Hitchcock made personal appearances in most of them, and was often accompanied by his daughter. the Forest Hills tennis club. It proceeds, as Hitchcock's films
"Holden would have been all wrongtoo sturdy, too put off by Bruno", writes critic Roger Ebert. "[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. the DVD, 12 minutes and 16 seconds into the running time. ( IMDB). 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. There are two respectable and influential fathers, two women with eyeglasses, and two women at a party who delight in thinking up ways of committing the perfect crime. probably find at the top. pickup than a chance encounter. Leopold-Loeb case; it was another story about a murder pact with a homosexual
[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. Hitchcock builds the conflict on this. To the man committed to a career in politics, Bruno represents a tempting overthrow of all responsibility. The film was later made available on Blu-ray in 2012 with the same contents as the 2004 DVD edition. Bruno follows Guy around Washington, introduces himself to Anne, and appears at a party at Senator Morton's house. [7] For six days, they shot at Penn Station in New York City, at the railroad station at Danbury, Connecticutwhich became Guy's hometown Metcalfand in spots around Washington, D.C.[7]. "[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. Later in life, while still praising Robert Walker's performance as Bruno, she criticized the casting of Ruth Roman as Anne, Hitchcock's decision to turn Guy from an architect into a tennis player, and the fact that Guy does not murder Bruno's father as he does in the novel. 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. This is a psychological thriller involves two young men who are strangers upon meeting each other on a train. That carousel scene was not faked! famous sequences in "Strangers on a Train." Add on for my new cinema room setup. Hitchcock
"The climactic carousel explosion was a marvel of miniatures and background projection, acting close-ups and other inserts, all of it seamlessly matched and blended under film editor William H. Ziegler's eye. (Robert Walker) hates his father. 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]. Patricia Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers look a little alike and wear very
Robert Walker plays a psychopathic murderer that is an apathetic rich boy with a lust for the eccentric. Miriam informs Guy that she no longer wants to end their marriage. In accordance with the cautious censorship guidelines of the period, Hitchcock would later tame these elements of Walker's memorable performance by trimming and altering certain scenes, so the differences between the original and prerelease versions provide an illuminating illustration of censorship's effect on the story's thematic intensity. said that correct casting saved him a reel in storytelling time, since
"[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. "Preferences in food characterize people" Hitchcock said. 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. Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (SD; 36:44) is a nice overview with Peter Bogdanovich and several others discussing . No Highsmith cameo
When Bruno drops the lighter down the sewer, he tells the bystanders, he needs help retrieving his cigarette CASE. Alfred Hitchcock loved trains. where Guy scans the crowd at a tennis match and observes that all of the heads
Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. What is the climax in Strangers on a Train? The film's opening conversation scene on the train is like a tennis match in which Guy serves up one weak lob after another for Bruno to put sway. Bruno is rather a child. ("he's stronger," he told Francois Truffaut), but Holden would have
His obsession with being wrongly accused no doubt refers to a traumatic episode
Then a police car pulls up
an intriguing note from a user of the Internet Movie Database, claiming to have
# travel # wine # glass of wine # modern love # train travel. My mum had said this was a great film, and she was right. was above all the master of great visual set pieces, and there are several
Strangers on a Train(1950) is a suspense thriller by Patricia Highsmith, based on the premise that two strangers swap murders. Barbara tells Anne that Bruno was looking at her while strangling the other woman, and Anne realizes Barbara's resemblance to Miriam. The novel has been adapted multiple times, most famously by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1951 film. The
The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. are swiveling back and forth to follow the game -- except for one head,
allowed an aging actress to manipulate him in "Sunset Boulevard"). 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. would have worked perfectly -- except for the detail that only one of the
As usual, Hitchcock kept his name out of the negotiations to keep the purchase price low. [12], Hitchcock then tried Raymond Chandler, who had earned an Oscar nomination for his first screenplay, Double Indemnity, in collaboration with Billy Wilder. Bruno mentions Guy's missing cigarette lighter to Anne and claims that Guy asked him to search the murder site for it. always used the convention that the left side of the screen is for evil and/or
With cast nailed down, a script in hand, and a director of photography in tune with Hitchcock's vision on board, the company was ready to commence filming. [40] It is a score that "goes largely uncelebrated."[40]. Did Hitchcock intend for Bruno to be attracted to Guy? 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. Guy, then, in a sense connives at the murder of his wife, and the enigmatic link between him and Bruno becomes clear.[51]. Summaries A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. [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]. "Hitchcock raced ahead of everyone: the script, the cast, the studio pieces of the film were dancing like electrical charges in his brain. "[48] They also demonstrate Hitchcock's gift for deft visual storytelling: For most of the film, Bruno is the actor, Guy the reactor, and Hitchcock always shows Bruno's feet first, then Guy's. To think she may have
Bruno does murder Guy's wife, and then demands that Guy keep his half of the
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When he reaches his destination, Guy bids goodbye to Bruno, thinking nothing more of the affable but rather curious young man's homicidal theories. He makes an
be accused of a crime he did not commit. Another great shot shows Bruno's face in the shadow of his hat brim,
Baiting Guy, Bruno reveals that he feels trapped by his hated father (Jonathan Hale). [6] In 2012, The Guardian praised the film writing "Hitchcock's study of the guilt that taints the human condition is just one cinematic masterstroke after another". "[8] Perhaps it was the circumstances of her forced casting, but Roman became the target of Hitchcock's scorn throughout the production. "Isn't it a fascinating design?" 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. There's
[41] He was also photographed adding the letter L to Strangers on the official studio poster for the film,[26] thus changing the word to Stranglers. A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. manner is pushy and insinuating, with homoerotic undertones. Hitchcock
[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. "[44], The film includes a number of puns and visual metaphors that demonstrate a running motif of crisscross, double-crossing, and crossing one's double. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. Screenshots. on a Train" is not a psychological study, however, but a first-rate
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The two men are as different as can be but both have the saem problem. Suspense through and through, great light/dark contrast in the camerawork. The original version (Side A) is an all-time thriller classic. That was my favorite part of the movie. Critic Jack Sullivan had kinder words for Tiomkin's score for Strangers than did biographer Spoto: "[S]o seamlessly and inevitably does it fit the picture's design that it seems like an element of Hitchcock's storyboards", he writes. "[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. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. Guy infers that Bruno intends to plant it at the scene of the murder and incriminate him. [19], Even while the torturous writing stage was plodding its course, the director's excitement about the project was boundless. Strangers on a Train Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Benchley, Alfred Hitchcock and many more. 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. Also in the cast are Ruth Roman, Leo J. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock (Alfred's daughter), Marion Lorne, and Kasey Rogers. So much occurs in pairs. 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. "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. party when he sees Barbara, flashes back to the murder, and flips out. 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. is this sense of two flawed characters -- one evil, one weak, with an unstated
Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines on a train. "He had to have one person in each film he could harass," Granger said. DVD Features: . excellent suspect because of the genius of the actual killer's original plan:
And since it is Guy's foot that taps Bruno's under the table, we know Bruno has not engineered the meeting. 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. Strangers on a Train (1951) - Turner Classic Movies Strangers on a Train Brief Synopsis A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. The creepiness factor holds up very well. sexual tension -- that makes the movie intriguing and halfway plausible, and
irresistible -- especially since Guy has a motive to murder his wife, was seen
"You're a free man now", he says, just as a police car drives up, looking for the husband of a certain recent murder victim. Robert Walker performance benefits from a subtle tense urgency that perhaps
"[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? In Hitchcock's cameo he carries a double bass. The premise is fascinating because it was far more intricate than I had been led to believe. Guy Haines (Granger), an amateur tennis star, chances to meet the eccentric Bruno Anthony (Walker) on a train. Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. By the time Guy disembarks from the train, he has unwittingly entered into a deal with the devil, and his life almost immediately begins to unravel. The theme of doubles is "the key element in the film's structure,"[46] and Hitchcock starts right off in his title sequence making this point: there are two taxicabs, two redcaps, two pairs of feet, two sets of train rails that cross twice. Hitchcock's even-strained response: "Cut. "criss-cross" murder deal in "Strangers on a Train" indeed
they're now both behind bars as he says, "You've got me acting like I'm a
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022. Mysterious Bruno (Robert Walker) hates his father. "[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. As Bruno dies, his fingers unclench to reveal Guy's lighter in his hand. 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 passengers around, it is the location where one's diabolical "you do my murder, I"ll do yours" plot is hatched and used to seduce the other. Have watched this movie at least twice previously but it had been many years since I last saw it. Please use a different way to share. Anne visits Bruno's home and tries explaining to his befuddled mother that her son is a murderer. calculation, and usually got away with their crimes. conversation -- which ends on an ambiguous note, with Bruno trying to get Guy
Guy Haines, a famous tennis player, is recognized on a train by Bruno Anthony, whose conversation shows a detailed knowledge of Guy's private life. It's worth noticing that
Some people are better off dead.") homosexuality still dared not speak its name very loudly in 1951, Hitchcock was
meeting on the train, which was probably planned by Bruno, plays more like a
Highsmith
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016. and the other, far distant, makes a choking gesture. (The same technique was used
Chandler completed a first draft, then wrote a second, without hearing a single word back from Hitchcock; when finally he did get a communication from the director in late September, it was his dismissal from the project.[17]. While there, the crew had done some other location scouting. strangers on a train. 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. "The Band Played On" makes its final reprise during Guy's and Bruno's fight on the merry-go-round, even itself shifting to a faster tempo and higher pitch when the policeman's bullet hits the ride operator and sends the carousel into its frenzied hyper-drive. Is 'Strangers on a Train' based on a book? Each will murder a stranger, with no apparent motive, so neither will be suspected. is softer and more elusive, more convincing as he tries to slip out of Bruno's
The copy is terrific and worth every penny. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. Off-handedly, he suggests to Guy that they trade murders: Bruno will kill Guy's troublesome wife, and Guy will eliminate Bruno's despised father. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. 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: Great transfer, great black and white contrast. Is he dishonest? 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. Bruno's
She's behind Miriam in the early
temporarily dominant. First Hitchcock got the exterior shots in Canoga Park, using both actors, then later he had Elliott alone report to a soundstage where there was a large concave reflector set on the floor. the wall make it appear Bruno has overtaken them. This includes lots of great home movies; Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting (SD; 1:08) is a weird little snippet without sound that shows Hitch interacting with actors made up as historical characters. It is a twisting story of a male-on-male Robert Walker is uncanny. Fast, exciting, and woven with wicked style, this is one of Hitchcock's most efficient and ruthlessly delicious thrillers. Is he dishonest? Tom Ripley falls in love not so much with his quarry Dickie Greenleaf as with
[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. He got a treatment that pleased him on the second attempt, from writer Whitfield Cook, who wove a homoerotic subtext into the story. Although
But a men's three-set tennis match can be eleven hours or thirty minutes, depending on tiebreakers and whether it even goes to three sets at all. This triggers a flashback; Bruno compulsively squeezes the woman's neck, and other guests intervene to stop him from strangling her to death. American Film Institute listed the film as #32 in AFI's 100 Years100 Thrills. Variety praised it, writing: "Performance-wise, the cast comes through strongly. 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. during an early meeting involving Guy and the senator's whole family; she keeps
In a conventional movie, the tune would play in the background as a clever ironic backdrop. his best films, including "Strangers on a Train" (1951), in which a
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 98% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average rating of 8.80/10. He wanted the last line of the film to be Guy describing Bruno as "a very clever fellow". As with Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train is one of many Hitchcock films to explore the doppelgnger theme. Then
[11] Highsmith was quite annoyed when she later discovered who bought the rights for such a small amount. So Hitchcock had an oversized phone constructed and placed in the foreground. With no known link between the two men, the police would be none the wiser, would they? strangers agrees to it. [69] A two-disc DVD edition was released in 2004 containing both versions of the film, this time with the "British" version titled "Preview Version" (102:49 long) and the "Hollywood" version titled "Final Release Version" (100:40 long). + a very good 36 min documentary on the film ,a 7 min feature with 'murder victim' Laura Elliot, an 11 min 'Hitchcock family' feature and a 12min appreciation by director/fan M.Night Shyamalan- so all in all a good package of a film that's always worth another viewing,that's currently available at a good prices. Sometime later, another stranger on a train attempts to strike up conversation with Guy in the same way as had Bruno. in a public fight with her earlier on the day of her death, and even told his fiance
Talking about the structure of the film, Hitchcock said to Truffaut, "Isn't it a fascinating design? reflected events in his private life; he had a nervous breakdown shortly after
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Closed-captioned, NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White. The pair has what writer Peter Dellolio refers to as a "dark symbiosis. Talented Mr. Ripley," made into a 1999 movie in which her criminal hero
criminal.". Guy nervously steps into the shadows with Bruno, literally behind the bars of an iron fence; "You've got me acting like I'm a criminal", he says. "[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. Tennis star Guy (Farley Granger) hates his unfaithful wife. inspiration of a very large dog to distract the audience from what he would
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