In Reply to: Re: "I Confess" - one of the better Hitchcock films posted by patrickU on February 7, 2005 at 06:34:05:
I honestly don't think this is one of his weakest works. Less accepted, perhaps, but it had many things that his more "popular" ones just can't deliver - like the REAL tension. The conflict is palpable and painful, in addition to not being pulled out of thin air, and that makes it so much more effective.I do love crime stories, trouble is I find none in the North by Northwest and similar works. I am sorry, but yet another "international spy ring" doesn't ring true for me.
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