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Rope | Available on Starz
The technology wasn't ready for Alfred Hitchcock to create a one-take feature film (film magazines at the time could only shoot about 10 minutes of footage), but the "Master of Suspense" masked several edits from 1948's Rope by panning in and out of dark objects, making the film feel like it's unfolding in real time in a single take. A classic that introduced young me to the "one take." —James
The technology wasn't ready for Alfred Hitchcock to create a one-take feature film (film magazines at the time could only shoot about 10 minutes of footage), but the "Master of Suspense" masked several edits from 1948's Rope by panning in and out of dark objects, making the film feel like it's unfolding in real time in a single take. A classic that introduced young me to the "one take." —James
PeopleJames Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
TitlesRope