Extended Reading
  • Leonard 2022-05-01 06:01:04

    A rare metaphysical Hitchcock

    Hitchcock’s labels are mostly suspense, horror, tension, excitement, good-looking, or constantly showing new film techniques, while the suspense of this film is still there, but it shows another side of its rare.
    This film is one of the few suspenseful films of Hitchcock that point to serious...

  • Rubye 2022-05-01 06:01:04

    I confess-applaud the jury system

    In addition to giving the audience a clear answer, Hitchcock's I confess filmed in 1953 simply showed the Simpson case. As Linda summed up in "The Third Eye: Looking at America": The characteristic of the jury system is that "it is better to misplace 100, not to wrong one person."
     
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  • Shaylee 2022-05-01 06:01:04

    In the series of innocent and wronged protagonists of Xi Pang, the priest in "I Confess" is probably the most accessible. There is no good and evil twin relationship between the two male protagonists of "The Train Stranger" between him and the real murderer, but they are only connected by accident. No audience will think that "he could have been the murderer", which makes him the most Being pityed by others, his silence is also the most anxious. It is true that the plot of the movie is so artificial, it seems that it was created for the golden idea of ​​"the insider must be silent"; the heroine's memoir drama also belongs to the background and contradiction created out of thin air; the reunion at the end is more obvious It is a compromise that has to be made to accommodate the audience. But Monty’s moral dilemma is so real, and his face value is so high (by mistake) that even when Xi Pang unsurprisingly frame him with the cross, you can still deeply feel his Christlikeness. Pain, and thinking about where to find such a handsome priest to confess (big mistake).

  • Hester 2022-05-01 06:01:04

    ① The young priest cleans up the story of suspected murder for himself while insisting that he does not violate the clergy standards. The biggest feature of the film is that it tells the audience about the case from the beginning, and the injustice suffered by the characters is not clarified until the last minute. ②Hitchcock appears at the beginning of the film, a passerby walking on the stairs, although The camera is a little far away, and it’s not very clear, but look at that figure, will there be anyone else? The priest needs to perform his duties, the law is not ethical, and the conflict between religious beliefs and judicial justice has been hanging the hearts of the audience. ④The Germans in the early films Has always played a negative role in China ⑤ Hitchcock received strict education from the Church of Jesus in his early years, and probably has long been thinking about the priest’s entangled mentality about any secrets he heard in the confession.

I Confess quotes

  • Otto Keller: I must confess to you. I must tell someone. I want to make a confession.

  • Pierre Grandfort: What does one do when one's wife is in love with a priest?