[net.movies] Rope and subjective cameras

oscar@utcsrgv.UUCP (Oscar M. Nierstrasz) (09/29/83)

"Rope" *is* the Hitchcock film with "no" cuts and is *not*
the movie where the main character is the camera and is only
seen in a mirror.  I can't remember the title of the second
film off-hand, but I'll try to look it up.
WRT "Rope": You can only shoot ten minutes of continuous film
(only so much film will fit into the camera) so Hitchcock had
to resort to a few tricks to hide the cuts.  I have not seen
the film, but if you do, pay attention and you should be able
to locate the cuts under the guise of rapid camera movements,
blurred shots and the like.  Needless to say, the movie was
*not* shot in 90 minutes (Or however long it takes to watch it).