5 0 obj Youre referring to Raymond Chandler? The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. These are people with fidgety legs and restless hearts, most of whom are trying to figure out how they got here in the first place and where they might go next. /Last 389 0 R This article hypothesizes that Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951) is successful because it has a scientific scaffolding. "Strangers on a Train" Scripts.com. The scene opens on a CLOSEUP OF A MAN'S HANDS. Thats right. As Guy Haines (Farley Granger) climbs down off the train, he nearly bumps into Hitchcock who is struggling slightly with a cello case. /Type /Page >> CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal that these are Bruno's hands, and that, he is studying them moodily, CAMERA PULLS BACK, FARTHER to reveal his mother, MRS. ANTHONY, sitting opposite, him at a little table in the Anthony living room. Ill never do anything like that again. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. Bruno was not the ordinary stranger on the train by any means." - Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train. Strangers On A Train - review | Theatre | The Guardian Recommend Download Save to Reading List Strangers on a Train Recommended by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: 31 Dec. 2020 /Length 322 Easily one of Hitch's most underrated films. Or even, as here, turning into a strange hybrid. And Arnulfo Maldonados set, both practical and suggestive of the expanse of the Pacific beyond the trains windows, Lap Chi Chus lighting and Daniel Klugers sound also work in concert, giving the impression of movement even when Rafaeli is wise enough to let the performers stay still. /Type /Catalog And not afraid of anything . Working as I do, youre sure that no one in the studio is going to take over and ruin your film. For your information, Strangers on a Train wasnt an assignment, but a novel that I selected myself. This is quite priceless. /Parent 3 0 R There is a distinct impression that you preferred the villain. I'd be lying if I denied that I was spasmodically entertained. >> National New Play Network (NNPN) is an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. Strangers on a Train (1951) Movie Script | SS - Springfield! Springfield! Tim Goodchild's busily revolving set is shadowed by Peter Wilms's video projections so that we see the landscape through which the train is passing. /Count 148 /Font << The expression on his face is frenzied and suggesting that. endobj PDF Strangers on a train - Teacher's Support Pack -- ETF 2014 This is theatre turning into cinema rather than borrowing from it. The cinematic logic is to follow the rules of suspense. And throw our hats in the ring . << INT. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section. 1 0 obj But I must say that I wasnt too pleased with Farley Granger; hes a good actor, but I would have liked to see William Holden in the part because hes stronger. Isnt that right? 'The Coast Starlight' Review: Strangers on a Train Bruno Antony. 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See? Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes. endobj /Fcpdf1 302 0 R endobj Actually not any more as the two mediums increasingly converge. Unfortunately, due to the writers allegedly difficult character and the stubbornness of both of them, the collaboration fell through and Hitchcock was right back where he started his search from. Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. As a matter of fact, I think that the same story made by someone else wouldnt have been any good at all. %PDF-1.2 Philip French. Script and Continuity Department . /First 304 0 R Like. The shots of the rails in Strangers on a Train were the logical extension of the motif with the feet. B but, although the show looks good, the acting is a more mixed bag. And the bizarre fact about this production, although based on the 1949 Patricia Highsmith novel rather than the subsequent Hitchcock movie, is that it feels, for much of the evening, like a piece of film noir. Converted to PDF by www.screentalk.org 4. Synopsis: In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator's daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). x;o0w~[q1O{D:pGEE&44Cxwck\.j;~0=` hxC(&}Ib vnoh2#TX"9- UA+$.1sMd/OQ"4u Yu4M>JNwoMEC[Ca |[rq$Gk)pS*eY]br!
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