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Offers both a production history and a close analysis, with a chapter for each of the film's eleven shots.
The first book-length study in English of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), Perpetual Movement offers both a production history that draws extensively upon little-known archival materials, including set drawings and drafts of the screenplay, and a close examination of the film in which Neil Badmington analyzes each of Rope's eleven shots. Writing in an accessible and engaging style, Badmington explores the film's treatment of space, sound, editing, sexuality, source material, design, intertexuality, narrative, and music. He looks at Hitchcock's struggle with censorship while planning, shooting, and distributing the film. Perpetual Movement also addresses Rope's reception and legacy, explaining why the film's unusual qualities provide such lasting appeal for viewers.
"Taut, thought-provoking, and perpetually interesting … Badmington's Perpetual Movement is a delight that rewards rereading, just as Rope itself rewards repeat viewings." — Hitchcock Annual
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Archival Sources
Introduction: Entangled
1. Operation Rope
2. Inside
3. Entrances, Elsewheres
4. In the Bedroom
5. Just Plain Something
6. Miss Sashweight of the Blunt Instrument Department
7. From OR to "We"
8. Two Small Fugitives from a Bowl of Alphabet Soup
9. Faking Freud
10. Cat and Mouse
11. Arrest Indicated
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index