We are all Joseph K.
Not asking to be here, we are judged by others unfit to judge. These judgments direct and channel our entire lives. If you've escaped from their effects, then you simply haven't understood the charge.
The charge against us is life. Our existence confirms our guilt.
The Advocate (Orson Welles) cowers under his blankets or bellows for others to cower before him. He offers assurance of compassion, yet has no ability to affect Anthony Perkins' guilt or innocence.
He is as helpless as the accused, although he gets some snuggle time for his efforts.
The sets, the photography, the dark shadows and intermittent steams of light create and amplify the surrealistic message of the story. Using rooms that are undersized and floor angles, brief glimpses of parts of people, Welles is up to his best stuff.
It is the film we would expect from the director of Citizen Kane.
Not asking to be here, we are judged by others unfit to judge. These judgments direct and channel our entire lives. If you've escaped from their effects, then you simply haven't understood the charge.
The charge against us is life. Our existence confirms our guilt.
The Advocate (Orson Welles) cowers under his blankets or bellows for others to cower before him. He offers assurance of compassion, yet has no ability to affect Anthony Perkins' guilt or innocence.
He is as helpless as the accused, although he gets some snuggle time for his efforts.
The sets, the photography, the dark shadows and intermittent steams of light create and amplify the surrealistic message of the story. Using rooms that are undersized and floor angles, brief glimpses of parts of people, Welles is up to his best stuff.
It is the film we would expect from the director of Citizen Kane.