Tonight’s film, Rope, is a famous thriller by the director of so many famous thrillers, Alfred Hitchcock. In seven years this is the first Hitchcock film we’ve shown on Moviedrome and there’s a reason for that. While Moviedrome, in theory, is a selection of cult and weirdo type movies, Hitchcock is the epitome of the commercial director. His films were designed to be seen by the largest of mass audiences, in the United States, Europe and all over the World. Of all Hitchcock films, perhaps only Psycho and The Birds - odd uncharacteristic movies made late in his career - could be described as cult movies. Why then are we showing Rope? Because in addition to being a celebrated thriller, Rope is also famous as a cinematic experiment: an attempt to give the illusion that the film was made in one continuous shot.