tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post6107725282288648876..comments2024-03-27T14:29:31.460-05:00Comments on Cinema OCD: Eye Candy of the Day: Strangers on a TrainJennythenipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-90544498283884964682008-11-16T09:16:00.000-06:002008-11-16T09:16:00.000-06:00Yay! A movie I have seen and love. I hadn't really...Yay! A movie I have seen and love. I hadn't really thought about the similarities with "A Place In The Sun", but I do agree with you. In fact, I agree with everything you said. I have always thought this was SUCH an underrated film. It is visually genius and just terrifying at the same time. A true masterpiece. The scene you mention of Bruno at the tennis match always gave me chill bumps. What a scray little man.<BR/><BR/>Criss-Cross. Criss-Cross.AbbyNormalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487281117880692127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-5775487958587345252008-11-14T11:40:00.000-06:002008-11-14T11:40:00.000-06:00I know it's a completely different film world from...I know it's a completely different film world from the one you live in, but you might be interested in my post of Thanksgiving "Turkeys."SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-29151043836276470182008-11-14T09:26:00.000-06:002008-11-14T09:26:00.000-06:00I think the lack of big stars is the reason this m...I think the lack of big stars is the reason this movie is chronically underrated. I kind of like anonymity of the actors as it really lets the visual style stand out more and I agree Patricia is really good in it. I would like to see her in more movies.Jennythenipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-7539360624875880792008-11-13T23:24:00.000-06:002008-11-13T23:24:00.000-06:00Strangers on a Train ranks up there with my favori...Strangers on a Train ranks up there with my favorite Hitchcock movies. Robert Walker gives a tour de force performance as the psychotic Bruno. The opening shot at the train station of just legs and feet, with Bruno and Guy's (Farley Granger), paths crossing is superb. It's almost a silent movie as Hitch extraordinarily opens the story visually. This shot is a teasing prelude to the later scene in the club car of the train they are riding. Bruno suggests they exchange murders and calls it "criss-cross.<BR/><BR/>The hero and heroine of Strangers are a bit of a letdown in terms of Hitchcock's preferred casting. It has been stated that Hitch would have liked William Holden in the role of Guy, but Warner's pushed their contract player Granger on him; as was also the case of Ruth Roman. Although she registered a cool beauty prerequisite of Hitchcock heroines, alas she was no Grace Kelly. Especially good was Leo G. Carroll as Senator Morton, who was one of Hitch's stock company stalwarts and a surprisingly good turn as the younger sister, Barbara Morton, was Hitchcock's daughter, Patricia.<BR/><BR/>There are several excellent touches of Hitchcock's tense build-up of suspense, one being the stalking of Guy's ex-wife by Bruno, another being the scene of Bruno desperately trying to retrieve the cigarette lighter from the sewer drain and of course the merry-go-round sequence.<BR/><BR/>An excellent thriller and a very good example of Alfred Hitchock's cinematic style.kda0121https://www.blogger.com/profile/04755030262681599815noreply@blogger.com