Today on Patreon: Written by queer screenwriter Arthur Laurents, Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE adopts a loose adaptation approach to the crimes of Leopold and Loeb.
We鈥檙e talking Hays Code restrictions; straight-washing Jimmy Stewart's character; and why the film is so much more than a technical exercise
@amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle Leopold and Loeb film COMPULSION, based on the 1956 novel and starring Orson Welles as real life lawyer Clarence Darrow.
Plus: a weakened Hays Code; a beautiful Dean Stockwell; and the decision to keep the murder offscreen.
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Tomorrow on Patreon: @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social's month of Leopold and Loeb continues with Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film ROPE
Today on Patreon: Tom Kalin's directorial debut SWOON (1992) is arguably the most reverential text that @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social are covering this month AND YET there are a million tiny deviations from the real life Leopold and Loeb case.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @amandajanestern.com and @joelipsett.bsky.social dip into the sumptuous B/W beauty of SWOON, arguably the closest-to-the-truth adaptation of the Leopold and Loeb story.
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Murder Made Fiction Podcast
Tom Kalin's directorial debut Swoon (1992) is arguably the most reverential text that we're covering this month AND YET there are a million
Our very own @amandajanestern.com is now on @murdermfiction.bsky.social!
Check it out!!!
Murder Made Fiction Podcast
#NowWatching
#FilmSky
Funny Games (2007)
Directed by Michael Haneke
Is this my second Michael Pitt movie where he plays a killer loosely inspired by Leopold and Loeb in 1 week? Tune into @murdermfiction.bsky.social on the main feed and our Patreon to find out www.patreon.com/cw/MurderMad...
Pleasers & Punishers Podcast
Amanda Jane Stern - Perfectly Good Moment out now on Tubi
In Chicago 1924, Nathan聽Leopold聽and聽Richard聽Loeb attempted to commit "the perfect murder" by killing 14-year-old Bobby Franks. They were caught almost immediately in what became known as "the trial of the century."
@amandajanestern.com tells @joelipsett.bsky.social the details in our new primer
Podcast Episode 路 Murder Made Fiction 路 June 2 路 19m
