![]() ![]() ![]() Though neither the novel nor the film adaptations thereof (including 1963's Enough Rope) are considered the best representation of a Highsmith thriller, it's impossible to fully dismiss the thoroughly bleak outlook on humanity both succeed in delivering on. A story about obsession as well as the way assumptions can guide our actions in corrupting and self-harming ways, the novel on which this is based is one of Highsmith's moodiest works. While that is happening, a detective is investigating both Walter and Kimmel, convinced that they are both guilty. When Clara dies suddenly, Walter himself is a suspect. He becomes obsessed with the case of a bookstore owner named Kimmel who is under investigation for his wife's death, going so far as to visit the bookstore in hopes of gaining insight into Kimmel's actions. ![]() This film is based on The Blunderer, a novel in which a man named Walter has grown to resent his wife due to her manipulative and petty actions. ![]()
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