Perpetual Movement

<p><b>Offers both a production history and a close analysis with a chapter for each of the film's eleven shots.</b></p><p>The first book-length study in English of Alfred Hitchcock's <i>Rope</i> (1948) <i>Perpetual Movement</i> 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 <i>Rope</i>'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. <i>Perpetual Movement</i> also addresses <i>Rope</i>'s reception and legacy explaining why the film's unusual qualities provide such lasting appeal for viewers.</p>