26 Rope (1948)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
26 Rope (1948)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): on a neon sign in the view from the
apartment window.
- The film was shot in a series of 8 minute continuous takes (the maximum
amount of film that a camera could hold). At the end of each segment the
camera zooms in on a dark object, ready to zoom out for the start of the
next segment. Most of the props were on castors and the crew had to wheel
them out of the way as the camera moved around the set.
- The film lasts 80 minutes, and covers a time frame of 80 minutes.
- Hitchcock only managed to shoot roughly one segment per day. The last 4 or 5
segments had to be completely re-shot because Hitchcock wasn't happy with the
color of the sunset.
- The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four
other pictures of the same periods') were bought back by Hitchcock and left
as part of his legacy to his daughter. They've been known for long as the
infamous ``5 lost Hitchcocks'' amongst film buffs, and were re-released in
theathers around 1984 after a 30-years absence. They are
"Rear Window (1954)" (qv), "The Trouble with Harry (1955)" (qv),
"Rope (1948)" (qv), "Vertigo (1958)" (qv) and
"The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)" (qv).
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