My favorite Hitchcock film. I have a lovely lobby set from it. The biggest mystery is why this film is not on every Hitchcock fan's top ten list. Every part is carefully performed (with the possible exception of Anne Baxter, in my opinion. She was not Hitchcock's choice for the role) Montgomery Clift should have won Best Actor. O. E. Hasse makes a chilling murderer. His final scene has him running around like a hunted animal and facing down good Father Logan with some of the most outrageous logic ever heard in a Hitchcock monologue. Karl Malden made me hate him with his Crime and Punishment-like entrapment of the good priest. Dolly Haas is pathetic, but poignant as the killer's unwillingly complicit wife. All the minor roles are expertly acted. A particularly nice scene shows Karl Malden presenting two little schoolgirls to Brian Aherne as his star witnesses. They're not even accurate! It's one of the very few humorous moments, but at the same time, unsettling. Dimitri Tiomkin's magnificent music insinuates and interweaves itself into the story flawlessly. The extras are interesting, especially the mini-documentary on the film. One of the commentators says that anyone who loves Hitchcock should love this film. Yes!
Nathalie On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful film. One of our best clients was surprised when I told him > that I had never seen the film. He sent me a DVD from Amazon.com and > I loved the movie. A few months ago I bought a great Italian poster from > Bruce Hershenson and it is now on our site. I think it is one of the best > if not the best poster on the title. > Kirby McDaniel > www.movieart.net > On Oct 22, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Michael B wrote: > > the street scenes were really nice........ > > > > > > In a message dated 10/22/2010 12:18:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yes, that's what I meant when I said "very Catholic." I grew up in Quebec. > And, no, the tax breaks didn't come into effect till the 1970s. That said, > obviously Quebec City at the time was delighted that he shot it there and > did everything to encourage it in order to promote tourism. > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Franc > To: 'Dave Rosen' ; [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:50 AM > Subject: RE: [MOPO] I CONFESS > I also would suspect that Hitchcock chose Quebec City because the tenets of > the Catholic priesthood are at the root of the film. Hitchcock was a > Catholic and Quebec City was a very Catholic city at the time of the > production and easily provided the correct look for the film. I'm not sure > when the Canadian film board began providing very lucrative tax-levies to > American companies working in Canada but this also might have provided a > financial incentive for shooting in Quebec City. FRANC > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave > Rosen > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] I CONFESS > > Maybe, because it was based on a French play, Hitchcock wanted to maintain > its Gallic flavor without having to shoot in France by setting it in the > very picturesque (and, at the time, very Catholic) Quebec City. > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael B > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:53 AM > Subject: [MOPO] I CONFESS > does anyone know the reasoning why hitchcock chose Canada as the setting for > I CONFESS ? > > (truly a great, great movie in hitchcock's obsession of the subject of > accusing the wrong person. probably 80% of hitchcock's films have this > issue as the main theme or as a collateral theme. this, too, is always a > great subject when talking about hitch.) > > > > > mbb > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
