{"id":36952,"date":"2016-06-09T12:24:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T19:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36952"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:43:16","slug":"journey-into-fear-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36952","title":{"rendered":"Journey Into Fear (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I can forgive almost anything but stupidity.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Poster.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring World War II, a ballistics expert (Joseph Cotten) in Turkey is separated from his wife (Ruth Warrick) and taken by a business representative (Everett Sloane) to a nightclub, where he is nearly killed. A Turkish colonel (Orson Welles) arranges for him to travel home by steamer &#8212; but when his would-be assassin (Jack Moss) appears to be stalking him on-board the ship, Cotten relies on the friendship of a beautiful nightclub dancer (Dolores Del Rio) to help him make sense of his nightmarish situation.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Dolores Del Rio Films<\/li>\n<li>Hans Conried Films<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Orson Welles Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOrson Welles was reportedly deeply unhappy with the results of this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journey_into_Fear_(novel)\">Eric Ambler&#8217;s spy-novel<\/a>, which he designed, produced, and co-scripted (with Cotten), but which got severely butchered by RKO during editing. It&#8217;s easy to understand why Welles was so upset: the footage that&#8217;s here (just 69 minutes) is atmospheric, creatively filmed (by director Norman Foster and DP Karl Struss), and filled with quirky characters and dialogue &#8212; but the whirlwind tale needs much more context to sufficiently flesh it out. The existing film is essentially a Kafka-esque living-nightmare &#8212; straightforward to follow, but in a way that will have your head spinning with endless unanswered questions: Was Cotten&#8217;s life jeopardized from the get-go, or did Sloane trigger a domino effect, and if so, to what point? Is this meant to be a &#8220;realistic&#8221; spy thriller, or an allegorical tale about the insanity of war? Is Cotten&#8217;s marriage really at risk, or was his voice-over added to bring &#8220;romantic tension&#8221; to the story? Fans of Welles&#8217; distinctive work will certainly be curious to check out this interesting film,  but be prepared for frustration at what-might-have-been.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography2.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography2-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Cinematography-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction2.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction2-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction.png 624w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Journey-Into-Fear-Direction-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s recommended for its historical and cinematic interest. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034922\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/03\/19\/archives\/at-the-palace.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2466\/journey-into-fear#articles-reviews?articleId=82780\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/journey-into-fear\/Film?oid=1058406\">Chicago Reader Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I can forgive almost anything but stupidity.&#8221; Synopsis: During World War II, a ballistics expert (Joseph Cotten) in Turkey is separated from his wife (Ruth Warrick) and taken by a business representative (Everett Sloane) to a nightclub, where he is nearly killed. A Turkish colonel (Orson Welles) arranges for him to travel home by steamer &#8212; but when his would-be assassin (Jack Moss) appears to be stalking him on-board the ship, Cotten relies on the friendship of a beautiful nightclub&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36952\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36952"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61695,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952\/revisions\/61695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}