![]() ![]() 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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