It is said that this "The Train Stranger" is an important movie during Hitchcock's transition period. Many of the image processing has been talked about by movie fans, such as the opening shots for Bruno and Gai's shoes, champagne-colored floral leather shoes and black. The leather shoes collided under the table, showing Bruno’s homosexuality and the rigorous calmness of the cover through wearing; another example is Bruno’s stalking Miriam in a small boat in the tunnel of love. In the tunnel, the shadowy figure cannot be recognized, only the laughter of young men and women. Suddenly there was a screaming scream. The audience guessed that making a living had happened. How did they know that it was a false alarm arranged by the director; then the murder really happened. Miriam's lens fell and reflected in the broken lens. Two standing figures, as if one was pinching the other's neck, and then one slumped down; and at the banquet Bruno found that Barbara, whose appearance was decorated very similar to Miriam, turned the fear in his heart into staring nervous eyes. Barbara, "ignited" the flames on Barbara's glasses; during the climax of the tennis match and Bruno's efforts to pick up the lighter that fell in the gutter, the scene frequently switched between the scenes; the last of course was the out-of-control carousel twisting Bruno and Gai fighting each other, accompanied by waves of horrified calls from tourists, the elevator administrator moved slowly and slowly on the line of the wooden horse platform... The last loud noise, the carousel collapsed, Bruno passed out, and the crime was ended. NS.
For me, none of these shots touched my ignition point, do you think they are not exciting? It doesn't seem to be, maybe it's too old, these lenses have been reduced from classic to ordinary after so many years. The performance of Bruno’s actor prevented me from getting into the drama very deeply. One is before the murder, Bruno met a little boy holding a balloon while following Miriam in the playground. He turned his head and punctured the balloon in the child's hand. At that time, the expression on his face seemed very evil; after the murder He helped the blind man to cross the road, looking indifferent to the murder. It seems that he didn't realize that he had just committed a heinous crime.
Gai’s fiancee is suspicious because of Bruno’s tie embroidered with the words "Bruno". Here the director’s lens slowly draws closer to the words on the tie. This is a long time ago shooting method, and modern movies rarely use such a slow way. To explain the doubts, most of the short shots were taken with just one click. Life movies are like that, let alone suspense movies. The advancing with the times of these shooting techniques is also one of the reasons why "The Train Strangers" cannot attract modern audiences!
According to Hitchcock’s recollection, the carousel climax at the end of the film was very thrilling. It was not a special effect synthesis, but a real volunteer climbed in: "If the volunteer who climbed in raises his head a little bit , Then this movie has changed from a suspense movie to a horror movie."
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