The Wrong Man was so unusual compared to his other works that they felt compelled to have a foreword by Hitchcock himself: It is a film adaptation of real events. We have the usual sense of sympathy for the protagonist, but the movie is relatively low-key for long stretches. Very strong performance from Henry Fonda, and terrific photography from Hitchcock’s long-term cinematographer Robert Burks.
#TheWrongMan #AlfredHitchcock #Movies #CineMastoton #FilmMastodon
I just watched The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956) and rated it 7/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Man?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheWrongMan #AlfredHitchcock #HenryFonda #VeraMiles
#remembering #CharlesCooper #actor #GeneralKorrd #StarTrek #thefinalfrontier #Chancellor #Kmpec #thenextgeneration #blindfury #thewrongman #thepractice #dallas #remingtonsteele #hillstreeblues #chips #PerryMason #DeathValleyDays #AprilsFool #startrek58 @trekcore
#remembering #nehemiahpersoff #actor #palortoff #startrek #thenextgeneration #themosttoys #anamericantail #somelikeithot #twins #thewrongman #BarneyMiller #Yentl #TheLastTemptationofChrist #MurderSheWrote #LALaw #DoogieHowserMD #LawandOrder #ChicagoHope #AngelsinAmerica #startrek58 @trekcore
#remembering #nehemiahpersoff #actor #palortoff #startrek #thenextgeneration #themosttoys #anamericantail #somelikeithot #twins #thewrongman #BarneyMiller #Yentl #TheLastTemptationofChrist #MurderSheWrote #LALaw #DoogieHowserMD #LawandOrder #ChicagoHope #AngelsinAmerica #startrek57 @trekcore
#OnThisDay, January 14, in 1951, Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero, a musician at the Stork Club in New York City, was arrested in a case of mistaken identity & charged with armed robbery of an insurance office (depicted in The Wrong Man, 1957, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #TodayInHistory #Histodons #TheWrongMan #AlfredHitchcock
The depiction of Manny imposing mental healing on Rose in #TheWrongMan as her obligation to him is also a perfect display of the patriarchy, no notes. #TCMParty #NoirAlley
Yes, of course it’s just mistaken identity, two Anglo guys who look alike. Not the racism of Anglos who think all those swarthy Mediterraneans look alike. The way Balestrero’s experience is whitewashed here. Sigh. #TCMParty #TheWrongMan #NoirAlley
The moment that juror stood up I pointed at the TV like Rick Dalton and yelled MISTRIAL #TheWrongMan #TCMParty #NoirAlley
There’s no plea bargaining in #TheWrongMan #TCMParty #NoirAlley
And Rose inevitability becomes aggressively violent in her breakdown while Manny remains reasonable. And, of course, it’s his image in the cracked mirror. The depiction of mental illness and personal interactions around it in media from this period is so…tiresome. And hasn’t much changed. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #TheWrongMan
Balestrero’s dismissal of his wife’s feelings when she displays anxiety and guilt over getting the insurance loan is also perfect, no notes. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #TheWrongMan
The eye-acting of the three clerk/witnesses is strong in #TheWrongMan #NoirAlley #TCMParty
Oh god, no, not foreshadowing Rose’s breakdown as cackling ironic laughter as they discover Molinelli’s death. Sigh. #TheWrongMan #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#HenryFonda’s performance is so constrained, so understated, in #TheWrongMan it’s hard to understand what’s going on in his head. It’s not just cornfed speech, but Main Street mannerisms. I wish they had chosen to show Balestrero actively code switching between his home culture and mainstream. Would Fonda have been up to it? Or could a 32yo #MarlonBrando have played it? #TCMParty #NoirAlley
After the first meeting with lawyer O’Connor in #TheWrongMan, O’Connor mispronounces Balestrero’s name as he shows him & his wife out. Perfect, no notes. #NoirAlley #TCMParty
#AlfredHitchcock could have chosen to make a procedural from the point of view of the accused, showing folks what the system was like, that there is no proof, only evidence, and testifying to the act of convincing when the system is stacked against you. But he made this. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #TheWrongMan
Oh god, the midwestern cultural assumptions in the middle of #JacksonHeights are killing me. Nobody where I grew up sounds like this, talks like this, acts like this. #TCMParty #TheWrongMan #NoirAlley
One of the remarkable things about #TheWrongMan is the way it still tries to manufacture consent around the bureaucracy of justice. The cops and DA, while violating constitutional rights right and left, are reasonable people just doing their jobs. No racism, no brutality, no overt lying by the cops.
I wish #AlfredHitchcock had a defense lawyer as advisor rather than a DA and a cop. #NoirAlley #TCMParty
You can’t make this movie today, and you wouldn’t want to. #DickWolf does it every night.
