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I CONFESS (Dir: Alfred Hitchcock, 1953).
While I Confess is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s lesser known films, it is certainly not one of his lesser works. The plot concerns a Catholic Priest to whom is confessed a murder which his oath prevents him from telling the authorities of. Knowledge of a pre-priesthood affair with a married woman who was being blackmailed by the victim implicates the priest as the culprit.
While Montgomery Clift is not the obvious casting choice as a Catholic priest he acquits himself well here. Nobody does angst like Monty and Hitchcock, famously not a fan of the method acting to which Clift subscribed, extracts a nuanced and believable performance from the star in a seemingly difficult part. Able support comes from Anne Baxter as his former lover and Karl Malden as the dogged investigating officer.
While not as showy as much of Hitchcock’s work - nobody dangles from the Statue of Liberty or is pursued across Mount Rushmore - it is beautiful shot in black and white on the Quebec locations on which it is set. This unfamiliar setting gives the film a decidedly un-Hollywood atmosphere, maybe a contributing factor to the film’s popularity in France while it was overlooked in the US.
While it is perhaps the most uncharacteristically Hitchcockian of the director’s work, I Confess holds up as a unique, unfairly neglected gem.
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I confess
Writing something about your darkest feelings under an alias on a social media platform where no one knows who you are is easier than talking to someone directly. You can release thoughts that kill you on the inside and meet people who knows the feeling all too well. It's kind of therapy to me.
I confess
Writing something about your darkest feelings under an alias on a social media platform where no one knows who you are is easier than talking to someone directly. You can release thoughts that kill you on the inside and meet people who knows the feeling all too well. It's kind of therapy to me.
I confess
Writing something about your darkest feelings under an alias on a social media platform where no one knows who you are is easier than talking to someone directly. You can release thoughts that kill you on the inside and meet people who knows the feeling all too well. It's kind of therapy to me.
I confess
Writing something about your darkest feelings under an alias on a social media platform where no one knows who you are is easier than talking to someone directly. You can release thoughts that kill you on the inside and meet people who knows the feeling all too well. It's kind of therapy to me.
I confess
Writing something about your darkest feelings under an alias on a social media platform where no one knows who you are is easier than talking to someone directly. You can release thoughts that kill you on the inside and meet people who knows the feeling all too well. It's kind of therapy to me.
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