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Keyon 2022-04-23 07:01:06
After watching the movie in the middle of the night, my heart is full of emotions. It is brought by this true story, and it is also brought by the expression of shredding the cocoon and the style that everyone is flat and full without using too much force. It inspired a lot of dimensions that want to comment on thinking, but have no ability to express it clearly. A quote that I think is probably the most concise expression: "Everybody knows something was going on, and no one did a thing." "Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumping around in the dark. Suddenly a light gets turned on, and there's a fair share of blame to go around"
Extended Reading
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Jasen 2022-03-25 09:01:05
Weed out dramatic performances, rejected dog-blooded plots, erased useless information, and focused on mutual control within the group relationship structure. The scenes were well arranged, but infinite sparks burst out; the main line was clear and the dark lines were appropriate (such as the timeline of 9.11) ), the whole story is steady and neat, the slow fire becomes more and more prosperous, and it is gradually thrilling; the script is thick and rigorous, pays attention to realism, and does not forget to touch with emotion.
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Amir 2022-03-24 09:01:09
The real event is shocking enough, so the unmodified line drawing is more precious. I hate the cheap and meaningless sensationalism. I really like the restraint from the beginning to the end of the film.
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Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children?
Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say?
Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things.
Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when I sent you all of this stuff! It's all... right here!
[silence, Phil composes himself]
Phil Saviano: May I use your bathroom?
[pause]
Matt Carroll: Yeah, sure, Phil.
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Mitchell Garabedian: Three years ago I get a call from an ex-priest, Anthony Benzovich. He was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62, and he saw Geoghan...
[waits for two cops to pass by, then continues]
Mitchell Garabedian: ... taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom. So he's appalled, all right? And tells the bishop about it. The bishop threatens to re-assign him... to South America.
Mike Rezendes: Jesus.
Mike Rezendes: Yeah. So, fast forward thirty-five years. Benzovich reads that Geoghan has been charged with molesting hundreds of kids. So, he feels guilty. He calls me.
Mike Rezendes: So, you have testimony of a priest telling his superiors about Geoghan in '62?
Mitchell Garabedian: [shakes his head] No, I do not. Because when I call Benzovich in to give a disposition, he comes in with a lawyer.
Mike Rezendes: Wilson Rogers!
Mitchell Garabedian: Right. And suddenly, Father Benzovich has a very foggy memory. Can't remember anything. He's useless. So, I go back to work, I forget about it, whatever. Until about a year ago, I find an article about a priest who warned church officials about Geoghan.
Mike Rezendes: Benzovich went to the press?
Mitchell Garabedian: Yeah. Local paper, Patriot-Ledger. Nobody saw it. But now I got Benzovich on record. So, I file a motion to depose Benzovich a second time. And Wilson Rogers, that smug son of a bitch, files a motion opposing my motion. And that's when I have him.
Mike Rezendes: Have him how?
Mitchell Garabedian: Rogers opposes my motion, so I have to make an argument as to why I'm allowed to depose Father Benzovich a second time. Okay? But this time, I'm allowed to attach exhibits. You follow what I'm saying?
Mike Rezendes: The sealed documents?
Mitchell Garabedian: Yes! I can attach the sealed documents that I've gotten in discovery, Mr. Rezendes, the same documents your paper is currently suing for.
Mike Rezendes: You're shitting me!
Mitchell Garabedian: What? No, no, I'm not shitting you! So, I pull out the fourteen most damning docs, and I attach them to my motion. And they prove everything. Everything! About the church, about the bishops, about Law...
Mike Rezendes: And it's all public! Because your motion to oppose Rogers' motion...
Mitchell Garabedian: ...is public, yeah. Exactly. Now you're paying attention.
Mike Rezendes: So, I can just walk into that courtroom right now and get those documents?
Mitchell Garabedian: No, you cannot. Because the documents are not there.
Mike Rezendes: But you just said they're public.
Mitchell Garabedian: I know I did. But this is Boston. And the church does not want them to be found. So, they are not there.