Browning Cinema
Classics in the Browning
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Rated PG, 80 minutes, Blu-ray
Solomon Gottfried (Bass), Jacob Sacks (Piano), and Connor Parks (Drums) are New York-based jazz musicians who explore original works, create spontaneous improvisations, and investigate the unexpected. The trio will be live-scoring Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, one of his limited setting films that zone in on a single location (e.g., an apartment or lifeboat) to heighten the tension. Lifting that high concept even higher, Hitchcock shot the film to appear to be in real time, a feat in the pre-digital era. The plot itself has Leopold and Loeb's fingerprints on it as two smart young men (John Dall and Farley Granger) try to commit the perfect murder; however, their former prep school headmaster (James Stewart) is on the case and gives the men plenty of rope to hang themselves.
