Experiments In Real Time

February, 2004

Rope (1948) Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to show 80 minutes in one continuous shot presents two smug Manhattan roommates who strangle a prep school classmate, stuff his corpse into a trunk and then host a dinner party for his friends and family.Drawback: Hitchcock disguises the reel changes with such cheesy tricks as zooming in on a character's jacket.Final word: It's nifty, but we prefer Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene or the crop-duster chase in North by Northwest.High Noon (1952) Old West lawma...