Brilliant film......the look James Stewart gave when opening the chest you can feel his pain at seeing that poor boy.......one of Hitchcock,s best......
still enjoy movies since i was only 4 years old...even my mom said i am a strange baby little sister while other kids stupid running and play but me concentrate on movies so easy and we only speaking in chinese words...after 70 years i guess these men of usa really wonderful i love you all ...thank you all so much...amazing movies of usa...i love you all present...trust me once
Cult movie. Stewart.😍 I've watched it plenty of times, and I'll do it again. Farley Granger (Philip) often played the roles of weak men under the influence.
I have watched this movie several times. I use to want them to escape somehow and not get caught. But I watched it recently and thought they deserved to get life or death penalty. Their "reasoning" for killing is so wrong and very cold hearted. And the bit that really gets me is when the father is in conversation saying how their son is their only child. My heart just felt so sad for him and his sick wife as they would be devastated. And I was thinking it could even destroy the mother to the point that her health declines even more because of the grief and she would die leaving the father to be a widow. Philip and Brandon were heartless and didn't think of anyone other than themselves and their awful experiment. They didn't give a thought about the family members who would be broken hearted and filled with grief. They were selfish and Brandon is a narc and has such an ego. I'm glad it ends the way it does. I like that last scene, it is so good. The camera pulls back and you see each of them doing their thing, with Rupert just drained from the whole event after firing the gun. The sirens going off, the flashing of the neon lights. Philip still sitting at the piano looking stunned, he's realizing he's going to die and Brandon just being nonchalent having a drink. It's a great ending.
The film is done in "one take" but a reel of 35mm film was 10 minutes long. When he opens the chest and the screen is dark, it's disguising a reel change.
I only just saw it over the weekend and loved it. I began reading up on it and was shocked to discover that Hitchcock and Stewart both considered it an awful movie. Hitchcock called it an "experiment that didn't work" and Stewart felt in hindsight that he was wrong for his role.
@@adamnedeff3102 i loved Stewart for the role. It was so far from his usual but cool to see. I also found the dostoyevsky idea fit hitch's style well. Funny how they can see their own work like that
I imagine the Leopold-Loeb kidnapping/murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks had a little something to do with this plot. The perfect murder is usually followed up by the stupid mistake.
eh.. . i don't react to everything that sounds like a gunshot in the city, but no doubt i'd call police if i heard gunshots in the apartment right above/below/next to mine.. . true the immediate timing of the sirens may be implausible, but not entirely impossible, and a good director isn't going to drag out the dramatic ending of a film for an extra 3 minutes just based on the law of averages.
6:09 huh, not the smartest way to call the police … where does he think those bullets are going to land, in one of the most populated, densest cities in the world?
He did? I didn't know that. I wonder why. I will have to do a search on line for some information. I think it's a good movie. Has tension and is creepy. Everyone plays their parts well.
@@girliboi Ah ok, Thanks. I wonder why that is. It would be interesting to find out what his reasons are. Whatever the case, I like it. I have the DVD in my collection. I think perhaps it's like that with artists of any kind. They maybe not quite happy with their finished piece but other people love it and think it's great. Thanks for your comment.
you're spot on. The speech at the end could be directed at any of the progressives of that era or today. The same people who brought us eugenics, forced sterilizations, the "Intelligentsia."
This is amazing. Stewart’s monologue was awesome
So much suspense, in one room, in one hour. Great acting, genius director 🎭
Choreographed and filmed more like a play than a movie.
Because it was...
Brilliant film......the look James Stewart gave when opening the chest you can feel his pain at seeing that poor boy.......one of Hitchcock,s best......
A MASTERPIECE OF FILMMAKING!
This is without doubt a true masterpiece by Hitchcock. The clever filming and Jimmy Stewart's acting is remarkable. Very clever.
still enjoy movies since i was only 4 years old...even my mom said i am a strange baby little sister while other kids stupid running and play but me concentrate on movies so easy and we only speaking in chinese words...after 70 years i guess these men of usa really wonderful i love you all ...thank you all so much...amazing movies of usa...i love you all present...trust me once
one of my favourite classic Hitchcock thriller movies hope to see it in 4K one day
Cult movie.
Stewart.😍
I've watched it plenty of times, and I'll do it again.
Farley Granger (Philip) often played the roles of weak men under the influence.
Philip I mean Farley Granger was underrated actor but he had talent
@@lopa2828 He stared in another Hitchcock film "Strangers on a Train" from 1951.
I never get tired of this.
I have watched this movie several times.
I use to want them to escape somehow and not get caught.
But I watched it recently and thought they deserved to get life or death penalty. Their "reasoning" for killing is so wrong and very cold hearted.
And the bit that really gets me is when the father is in conversation saying how their son is their only child. My heart just felt so sad for him and his sick wife as they would be devastated. And I was thinking it could even destroy the mother to the point that her health declines even more because of the grief and she would die leaving the father to be a widow.
Philip and Brandon were heartless and didn't think of anyone other than themselves and their awful experiment. They didn't give a thought about the family members who would be broken hearted and filled with grief. They were selfish and Brandon is a narc and has such an ego.
I'm glad it ends the way it does.
I like that last scene, it is so good. The camera pulls back and you see each of them doing their thing, with Rupert just drained from the whole event after firing the gun.
The sirens going off, the flashing of the neon lights. Philip still sitting at the piano looking stunned, he's realizing he's going to die and Brandon just being nonchalent having a drink. It's a great ending.
The premise of the plot is very silly. Other than as an intellectual and moral experiment no motive was established.
The film is done in "one take" but a reel of 35mm film was 10 minutes long. When he opens the chest and the screen is dark, it's disguising a reel change.
I watched this on a thursday or friday morning once and was caught off guard by how good it was
I only just saw it over the weekend and loved it. I began reading up on it and was shocked to discover that Hitchcock and Stewart both considered it an awful movie. Hitchcock called it an "experiment that didn't work" and Stewart felt in hindsight that he was wrong for his role.
@@adamnedeff3102 i loved Stewart for the role. It was so far from his usual but cool to see. I also found the dostoyevsky idea fit hitch's style well. Funny how they can see their own work like that
Gun scene so realistic. Not like those of today.
Superbly Brilliant soliloquy
Love alfred Hitchcock and alot classic TV shows...why are alot episodes in this are so short and then play pt 2 ect..
This was a feature film; not an episode.
Bravo gentlemen, scene superior to none. Thanks Alfred for this one.
movies still could shock me...this is strange
Based on a play inspired by the 1924 Bobby Franks murder by Leopold and Loeb.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie!
Intense.
Intriguing. Where's the full movie?
we have not get these better stars and movies now in 2021...why i have to return to1948..that means nice movies and good spirits never past away
Although I never told you I think you'll understand conflict is not erased by the shaking of Two ham's
Terrific!! ❤❤❤❤
5:34 a cut if you can tell
I imagine the Leopold-Loeb kidnapping/murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks had a little something to do with this plot. The perfect murder is usually followed up by the stupid mistake.
I think that guy will need a stronger drink than the one he's making
Well, aside from the drama school acting, the supposed reaction to a couple of gunshots up to and including police car sirens was totally implausible.
eh.. . i don't react to everything that sounds like a gunshot in the city, but no doubt i'd call police if i heard gunshots in the apartment right above/below/next to mine.. . true the immediate timing of the sirens may be implausible, but not entirely impossible, and a good director isn't going to drag out the dramatic ending of a film for an extra 3 minutes just based on the law of averages.
@@girliboiwell said
6:09 huh, not the smartest way to call the police … where does he think those bullets are going to land, in one of the most populated, densest cities in the world?
Learn some physics bro. Or ballistics. Or some common sense
Not speaking to you as a superior human being
@@scriabinalexander3405 not interested in comments from someone suffering from synesthesia …
@@throckmorton3705 we are all prisoners of our choices after all ...
Hitchcock hated this film and he purposely kept it out of circulation for several years.
why?
@@juiuice good question
He did? I didn't know that. I wonder why. I will have to do a search on line for some information.
I think it's a good movie. Has tension and is creepy. Everyone plays their parts well.
@@Iloveflowers2024 i don't know that he 'hated' it, but i do know he didn't rank it among his best.
@@girliboi Ah ok, Thanks. I wonder why that is. It would be interesting to find out what his reasons are. Whatever the case, I like it. I have the DVD in my collection.
I think perhaps it's like that with artists of any kind. They maybe not quite happy with their finished piece but other people love it and think it's great.
Thanks for your comment.
Philosophical exercise...
Single shot mocie
3:40
Single shot movie
It's not a single shot, but uses a few very long shots that seemingly go on forever.
This is not suspense. This is gruesome.
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So unrealistic. So many opportunities for them to jump him
Well…it’s literally a FICTIONAL MOVIE
Fauci, Gates, and the lot justifying the horror they unleashed....
Go back under your rock.
you're spot on. The speech at the end could be directed at any of the progressives of that era or today. The same people who brought us eugenics, forced sterilizations, the "Intelligentsia."