Rope

Six by the Master of Suspense! A Retrospective of Alfred Hitchcock

Hosted by Jeffrey Bender

Hitchcock remains one of the twentieth century’s most recognized and successful filmmakers. His career spanned six decades and over fifty films, from early silent cinema to his masterpieces of suspense in Hollywood. Hitchcock’s passion for technical innovation and visual narrative helped shape the development of modern cinema.

Jeffrey Bender has hosted The Hollywood Classics and International Film Clubs as well as the popular World Masterworks Cinema Series at The Westdale.

Rope (1948)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 80 minutes

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Starring James Stewart, John Dall, & Farley Granger

Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim’s oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.

Showtimes:

• April 12 @ 7:00 pm
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