Strangers On A Train Review
Nov. 8th, 2005 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI got Strangers On A Train from my online DVD rental account at the weekend and watched it with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cholten99 last night, since it was one of the IMDB Top 250 films neither of us had seen but both wanted to.
I'd only ever seen one Hitchcock film before - Rear Window - although I have a couple more on my list to see at some point.
The premise is that two men meet on a train and discuss the possibility of each murdering someone for the other one, so as to increase the chances of getting away with it. Of course, things get complicated when it turns out that one of them is a total loony who was serious, while the other one had no intention of carrying out his part of the crime.
It's a clever idea, although the dialogue was a bit stilted in the introductory scene, making the scenario seem a little contrived. It was interesting to see how it played out, though, with the non-loony protagonist trying to figure out how to reveal who killed his wife without implicating himself in the process.
There was some great cinematography - the murder shown in the reflection of the victim's fallen glasses, and a fantastic shot of the crowd at a tennis match, with all the spectators following the progress of the ball back and forth, except loony Bruno keeping his gaze fixed on poor persecuted Guy. The character of Bruno was suitably creepy throughout, which helped to keep the tension high.
Plus - being crushed by a carousel horse has got to be the best movie death I've seen in ages!!
cholten99 last night, since it was one of the IMDB Top 250 films neither of us had seen but both wanted to.I'd only ever seen one Hitchcock film before - Rear Window - although I have a couple more on my list to see at some point.
The premise is that two men meet on a train and discuss the possibility of each murdering someone for the other one, so as to increase the chances of getting away with it. Of course, things get complicated when it turns out that one of them is a total loony who was serious, while the other one had no intention of carrying out his part of the crime.
It's a clever idea, although the dialogue was a bit stilted in the introductory scene, making the scenario seem a little contrived. It was interesting to see how it played out, though, with the non-loony protagonist trying to figure out how to reveal who killed his wife without implicating himself in the process.
There was some great cinematography - the murder shown in the reflection of the victim's fallen glasses, and a fantastic shot of the crowd at a tennis match, with all the spectators following the progress of the ball back and forth, except loony Bruno keeping his gaze fixed on poor persecuted Guy. The character of Bruno was suitably creepy throughout, which helped to keep the tension high.
Plus - being crushed by a carousel horse has got to be the best movie death I've seen in ages!!
