Capo
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Post by Capo on Jul 22, 2007 22:08:56 GMT
Juno and the Paycock Alfred Hitchcock 1930 UK A working class family during the Irish revolution inherit some money, and begin to lead lives of the rich, but all does not go to plan… Interestingly dull film, an exemplary embodiment of "filmed theatre", with only hints of cinematic uniqueness in the form of tracking shots into the action onto the family's son, to infer an obvious psychological distress (regarding violence on the streets). Moments of comic levity won't make the ending any less sombre (it's a real downbeat affair), and Hitchcock brings into question his Catholicism in the form of a family forced to question their own faith when things go from bad to worse and then plummet even further. A forgettable oddity but for the director's credit.
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