Episode 194: ROPE (1948)

Look past the false one-take! Look deeply into the grotesque detail underneath the post-intellectualist veneer! ROPE is a tightly wound tool of class violence, spotlighting the evil, anti-moralizing pragmatism of the elitist class. THE MINNEAPOLIS HITCHCOCK FESTIVAL (until Oct 6): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/the-minneapolis-hitchcock-festival/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Mouvement perpetuel no. 1” by Francis Poulenc from the ROPE soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 194: ROPE (1948) 3:20 - The episode actually starts 5:35 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 10:56 - Class, character dynamics, where we’re focused 28:36 - False one-shots: Novelty or functional? 41:23 - Rupert and ROPE as a “reckoning” for 20th century intelligentsia 56:30 - The Junk Drawer 1:02:31 - Cody’s Noteys – Trylibs: The Perfect Crime