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After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train.
In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s Farley Granger) on a train with a proposal: they should commit a murder for the other.
While Guy laughs it off, Bruno strangles Guy’s ex-wife Miriam (Kasey Rogers), then stalks the tennis player in an effort to force him to fulfill his end of the bargain.
As Guy struggles under the weight of the police’s scrutiny, he confides in his new girlfriend Anne (Ruth Roman) and her younger sister Babs (Pat Hitchcock) for help. Can Guy avoid arrest? Will Bruno ruin his political aspirations? And how does one of the most memorable carousel sequences in film history figure into the climax?
Listen to find out!
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Episode 273: Strangers on a Train (1951)
We’re back in Hitchcock territory talking about queer villains again with 1951’s Strangers on a Train.
In addition to queer author Patricia Highsmith’s source material, we’ve got lead actor Farley Granger (Rope), obsessive stalking, “I like you” and shirt buttoning, plus climactic fucking on the carousel.
Plus: a tense tennis match, a reflective murder, slutty Miriam, frequent subversions, surprising comedy, and MVP Pat Hitchcock as Babs!
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Coming up on Wednesday: We’re fulfilling a two year promise to revisit the live-action Scooby Doo films in anticipation of the sequel, Scooby Doo: Monsters Unleashed (2004) hitting its 20th anniversary!
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