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Now this Hitch was a thrill and a joy!

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"I Confess" has wonderful ensemble acting, with an extremely understated, captivating, and "modern" performance by Montgomery Clift.
The sexton, Clift's former love interest and her husband, the prosecutor, and Karl Malden's detective--all finely written parts and perfectly acted. The cinematography of Quebec is radiant, as well.
I wonder how many have watched it and realized what a truly religious, Christian (in the best sense) film this really is?

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Just saw it for the first time... - Doug Otte 09:01:39 06/16/05 (0)
...when I got the Hitch boxset last year. I'm a big Hitch fan (of his US films; not familiar w/ the British period), and this one didn't excite me too much.
Clift's acting was good, the cinematography was beautiful, but the script was a bit weak, IMO.
I'll try it again. I often have different opinions on the 2nd or 3rd viewing.
Doug
Re: Now this Hitch was a thrill and a joy! - Victor Khomenko 14:59:22 06/15/05 (7)
I posted on loving it before, and I received the hailstorm from Hitch lovers... he-he... not being one I guess my opinions go against their grain, which is fine!
I liked it too.
- Just curious, do you like other - tinear 06:26:33 06/16/05 (6)
  Montgomery Clift performances?
  - Re: Just curious, do you like other - Victor Khomenko 06:33:14 06/16/05 (5)
    It's been quite some time since I watched his performances (besides the recent experience with I Confess!), but my memory is that of involving screen presence... which is to say I love his acting and soft manners, but beyond Judgement at Nuremberg and From Here to Eternity I don't have clear recollection at the moment. I think I also recall Stazine Termini, but should probably do a refresh at this time.
    - Re: Just curious, do you like other - patrickU 07:04:33 06/16/05 (4)
      "Red River "was the best I can recall of. He was an " acting " actor.
      - Re: Just curious, do you like other - orejones 08:57:27 06/16/05 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Just curious, do you like other posted by patrickU on June 16, 2005 at 07:04:33:
        
        How about Kazan�s "Wild River", Huston�s "The Misfits" (ah, Marilyn...), Mankiewicz�s "Suddenly Last Summer", Dmytryk�s "The Young Lions", Zinnemann�s "From Here to Eternity"...?
        He was in good company in those films, too.
        Regards
        BF
        
        Re: Just curious, do you like other - patrickU 09:41:10 06/16/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Just curious, do you like other posted by orejones on June 16, 2005 at 08:57:27:
        
        Well I cited the one I like the most.
        As for kazan, I have a big problem...I considere him not very hightly and you know why.
        
        In Suddenly Last Summer he was so mesmerizing you - tinear 09:01:43 06/16/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Just curious, do you like other posted by orejones on June 16, 2005 at 08:57:27:
        
        wanted him to bash Shirley Winters. What a brave actress to play that role and the Mom in "Lolita."
        
        Re: I think you mean "A Place in the Sun" here, tin - Gee LP 18:24:57 06/16/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: In Suddenly Last Summer he was so mesmerizing you posted by tinear on June 16, 2005 at 09:01:43:
        
        Are you talking about the George Stevens film with Clift and Winters?
        That would be "A Place in the Sun".
        I remember reading a review that said, "George Stevens found that there was something in Shelley Winters that made every man that met her want to choke her to death, and succeeded in bringing that up to the surface."
        And the 17-year-old (at the time of filming) Elizabeth Taylor!
        "Tell Mama. Tell Mama all."
        Oh my goodness!
        And of course, Clift was very good in "Suddenly Last Summer", based on the Tennessee Williams play, with Katharine Hepburn and again, Elizabeth Taylor.
        If you have not read Patricia Bosworth's 1978 biography of "Montgomery Clift" I suggest you take a look at it. He was an actor who enjoyed putting himself deep into the warp and woof of the material. His work in "The Misfits" is a fine example of that.

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