{"id":37200,"date":"2016-09-07T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37200"},"modified":"2021-01-10T01:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T08:40:26","slug":"ministry-of-fear-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37200","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Fear (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Forget the past &#8212; just tell me the future.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Poster.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (Ray Milland) released from serving a two-year sentence in an asylum heads to blitz-filled London, where he finds himself caught up in a nightmarish situation involving a fortune teller (Aminta Dyne), a highly desirable cake, a &#8220;murdered&#8221; man (Dan Duryea) who returns to life, a beautiful Austrian woman (Marjorie Reynolds) and her patriotic brother (Carl Esmond), and Nazi spies.\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>Dan Duryea Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Lang Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Ray Milland Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this Fritz Lang-directed &#8220;espionage tale&#8221; &#8212; based on a novel by Graham Greene &#8212; is disappointing on numerous levels: &#8220;It&#8217;s confusing, Reynolds is a weak heroine (and Milland isn&#8217;t so exciting either), Milland convinces [a Scotland Yard inspector] of his innocence too early in the film, and Lang doesn&#8217;t fully exploit Milland&#8217;s paranoia so that this former mental patient begins to mistrust his perceptions about what&#8217;s happening around him&#8221;. While the film is &#8220;enjoyable due to some slimy Nazis and interesting minor characters and some offbeat moments&#8221;, it&#8217;s ultimately pretty forgettable. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henry Sharp&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography3.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography3-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Cinematography3-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several tense moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Tense.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Tense.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Tense.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Tense-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ministry-of-Fear-Tense-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Lang fans will probably be curious to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037075\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/83545\/ministry-of-fear#articles-reviews?articleId=64064\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=2878\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Forget the past &#8212; just tell me the future.&#8221; Synopsis: A man (Ray Milland) released from serving a two-year sentence in an asylum heads to blitz-filled London, where he finds himself caught up in a nightmarish situation involving a fortune teller (Aminta Dyne), a highly desirable cake, a &#8220;murdered&#8221; man (Dan Duryea) who returns to life, a beautiful Austrian woman (Marjorie Reynolds) and her patriotic brother (Carl Esmond), and Nazi spies. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dan Duryea Films Falsely&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37200\"> 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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37200","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=37200"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62712,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37200\/revisions\/62712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}