Rope
A Thriller 'Rope' by Alfred Hitchcock does follow some of the rules set for thriller genre films. First and the most important thing is that the thriller has a villain and a hero. To be more specific, there are two villains in this film:
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Phillip Brandon
However, the hero in this movie was not as heroic as anyone could expect. The 'hero' is the only to reveal the villains, not to stop them. Either way, I could also tell he is stopping them from doing any more harm to others, but isn't stopping the murder of David. The hero in this movie was called in a name of Rupert Cadell :
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In 'Rope', Alfred Hitchcock has obviously broken a lot of the rules set for thrillers by people like Roland Barthes, Todorov, Levi Strauss and Vladimir Propp. However, Hitchcock did have some sense of Laura Mulvey's male gaze. This theory is based on men and women in the film as well as in the audience. Laura believes that female actors in movies are sexualised and represented from male's point of view. In 'Rope', there were three women:
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I believe the two older women were not sexualised as much for the main reason - they are quite old, and if they were it would probably be a little bit akward. However, Janet could be put in the lines of Laura Mulvey's male gaze as she is a young and attractive woman and the movie represents her so. Laura Mulvey also believes that women are being objectified and I could also agree with the fact when watching 'Rope'. Janet is slightly objectified as when men talk about her, she is mentioned as someones girlfriend (or exgirlfriend) rather than a person they know.
I could not say that Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' doesn't deserve to be called a thriller. It does, as it thrills the audience throughout the film. However, in my opinion this film did break the barriers of most of the thriller, or I'd rather say, media theories.
Phillip Brandon
However, the hero in this movie was not as heroic as anyone could expect. The 'hero' is the only to reveal the villains, not to stop them. Either way, I could also tell he is stopping them from doing any more harm to others, but isn't stopping the murder of David. The hero in this movie was called in a name of Rupert Cadell :
In 'Rope', Alfred Hitchcock has obviously broken a lot of the rules set for thrillers by people like Roland Barthes, Todorov, Levi Strauss and Vladimir Propp. However, Hitchcock did have some sense of Laura Mulvey's male gaze. This theory is based on men and women in the film as well as in the audience. Laura believes that female actors in movies are sexualised and represented from male's point of view. In 'Rope', there were three women:
Janet
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Atwater
I believe the two older women were not sexualised as much for the main reason - they are quite old, and if they were it would probably be a little bit akward. However, Janet could be put in the lines of Laura Mulvey's male gaze as she is a young and attractive woman and the movie represents her so. Laura Mulvey also believes that women are being objectified and I could also agree with the fact when watching 'Rope'. Janet is slightly objectified as when men talk about her, she is mentioned as someones girlfriend (or exgirlfriend) rather than a person they know.
I could not say that Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' doesn't deserve to be called a thriller. It does, as it thrills the audience throughout the film. However, in my opinion this film did break the barriers of most of the thriller, or I'd rather say, media theories.
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