"Rope" (Alfred Hitchcock): a psycopath in action, an obedient conformist and their victim

Rope is an Alfred Hichtcock's masterpiece: Brandon, a psychopath in action, Phillip, an obedient conformist and David, their victim. Brandon will claim Rupert, their teacher, is their mentor. Rupert will claim he was misunderstood.

We sense, as we enter the apartment and meet the two young men, that something very wrong has happened. The chest where the body is hidden is always in our minds. We wish to see somebody open it and at the same time we fear to confirm the horror. 

In the next sequence Hitchcock shows how he masters scenes about evil minds in every morbid detail: the characters are eating not at the table but on the chest while talking about horror stories. Another morbid detail: Brandon, the psychopath, had lightened candles over it. And while this feast is being staged before our eyes, Hitchcock turns this scene into a comedy making us feel really uncomfortable:

My favourite sequence: Rupert is becoming more and more suspicious and Mrs. Wilson is clearing the chest while the conversation about David is going on:
  

This movie is famous, however, not for its sharp psychological analysis of evil minds, but for its technique: "... There are 10 shots within the film overall, running 9:34, 7:51, 7:18, 7:09, 9:59, 8:35, 7:50, 10:06, 4:37 and 5:40 minutes:seconds each." (IMDB)