People confuse Suzy with Pat???
I know anyone can submit information on the imdb section of FAQ, but I was pretty surprised by this:
What happened at the beginning? Was that Jessica Harper's character who was stabbed to death and hanged?
No, it was another character, Pat Hingle.
The frantic editing of "Suspiria" sometimes confuses viewers in regard to the opening murder. We see Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrive at the airport and take a taxi to the Tanz Akademie. Before she can enter, she sees Pat Hingle (Eva Axen) flee the school in a panic. Susy is denied entrance and gets back into the taxi, where she sees Pat again, this time running through the trees just outside the school. At this point, we lose track of Jessica Harper's character and are witness to Pat's murder, which occurs after she takes refuge in a friend's apartment "in town".
The sudden shift in the narrative is jarring, and since Suzy Bannion and Pat Hingle are both soaking wet because of the torrential rain, first time viewers often think it is Jessica Harper being murdered in the first sequence. This makes her reappearance in the next scene very confusing. Just pay attention to the dialog in the next scene and it should clear things up
What the hell? There's nothing particularly confusing about this scene and there's nothing frantic in the editing either, imo. This is coming from a guy who frequently gets confused with characters/actors that look somewhat similar, but really, I can't understand why (presumably) a lot of people would think that Pat was Suzy.
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