Why is there no cut in Philip's hand?

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In the first scene of Rope (1948), Philip had a cut in his hand.

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And in this scene there is no cut.

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The main point of Rope (1948) is that the story happened in one day and in one day a human hand won't recover that fast. So why is there no cut in Philip's hand?



Best Answer

I think you’re missing an important scene. After the shot of the glass breaking, and before your other shot of no blood on his hands, there is a scene with Phillip putting direct pressure on his cut with a rag. This is just a small attention to detail Hitchcock provided us so we can see Phillip has addressed his wound.

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I cut my hand on a broken glass when I was doing the dishes one time. Based on the water mixing with the blood, and the hand has many small blood vessels, it appeared to be bleeding profusely. After I held a paper towel on it (direct pressure) for a few min, it coagulated, and all that was left was a miniscule line where the cut was (barely noticeable). I always assumed that the same thing happened to Phillip, aside from the liquid being champagne and not water (like in my case).




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