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Confession

  • 20202020
  • 1h 58m
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Confession (2020)
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For two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even ... Read allFor two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even more shocking to consider.For two detectives Dean McCallum is an enigma; is he a psychopath or a serial killer; does he suffer from multiple personalities, could he be possessed by demons, or is there something even more shocking to consider.
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    • Daniel C. Nyiri
    • Daniel C. Nyiri
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    • Gary C. Stillman
    • Gavin Lyall
    • Queena DeLany
    • Daniel C. Nyiri
    • Daniel C. Nyiri
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    • Gavin Lyall
    • Queena DeLany
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    Gary C. Stillman
    • Jared Lamb
    Gavin Lyall
    • Dean McCallum
    Queena DeLany
    Queena DeLany
    • Reina Herrera
    Cynthia Martells
    Cynthia Martells
    • Dr. Waverly
    Bailey Barnick
    Bailey Barnick
    • Casey Emerson
    Jo Kuzelka
    • Heather Kadar
    Gary Sommers
    Gary Sommers
    • Coroner
    Charlie Heinberg
    • Holden Parks
    Steven J. Carter
    • Abel Kadar
    Robert Alan Garner
    • Morgue Attendant
    James Hitchcock
    • Medical Examiner
    Victor Howard
    • Det. Dallway
    Shana Katz
    • Diana
    Kathleen Anne Marshall
    • Dr. Rainier
    Brian Lee Nolen
    • Lucas Persoff
    Natasha White
    • Christine Lamb
      • Daniel C. Nyiri
      • Daniel C. Nyiri
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    • Trivia
      Despite an extremely small budget many of the film's numerous settings were built sets. Director/production designer Daniel C. Nyiri is a scenic designer with experience in making the most out of limited resources. In the film hallways could only open onto one finished room at a time because the building materials (false walls, practical doors etc.) were re-used to save on expenses. One of the film's production offices was transformed into multiple settings. Some furniture purchased for sets was carefully disassembled after shooting and returned to their boxes exactly as they were originally packed (the art dept. used reference photos to insure this). They were then returned for a refund. Other furniture pieces were fake; one detective's unique bed was little more than a fake headboard attached to a false wall, and the scene in the lead detective's bedroom includes a completely false closet constructed just for the shot.
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      Dean McCallum: Between your predisposition to believe force solves anything, your reverence of greed and power, your elevation of stupidity, your pathological avoidance of empathy, and your commitment to cruelty, it's easy to despise your kind. Yes, early on you accepted fairy tales and stories. But you refused to give them up. For growing faster and stronger - and infinitely more virulent - than your ability to reason was your capacity for vanity and ego. But if you want to know a secret, I'll tell you; at your core - on a level more protean than the simple cellular one, in the very invisible dust that binds you to the universe - you all know that you are NOT special. You are NOT unique. But in your refusal to accept the very worthlessness that actually makes you significant, you cling to willful ignorance. You shutter your vision, and shackle your reason, and all in the pathetic delusion that you are more special than someone else and - to prove it - your God loves only you.

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    The Type of Film I Keep Searching For
    This is exactly what I keep hoping to stumble on when I take chances on low budget independent films - especially thrillers! If you don't have the money for explosions and massive set-pieces than instead give us challenging ideas and a well-crafted script to compensate. It must be said at the top this is truly a unique movie; depending on what you like in movies that could be a great thing or a bad thing. If you'd rather watch any wanna-be Star Wars clone instead of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or any 80's style mindless slasher film instead of something like Fight Club, then this probably won't be your cup of tea. If you don't like movies that make you think about things, especially personal beliefs, this ain't your flick. This movie will make you think. This movie will make you start asking questions, even if you never thought to before. I am kind of amazed anyone had the guts to even attempt this, let alone do so well with it! I read the trivia and saw that it was made for a really low budget and it's a credit to the filmmakers that I never would have known from just having watched it. It never feels "small". Yes, a lot of time is spent in different interrogation rooms (and that was a smart choice - there being more than one - so visually you're not always looking at the same thing) but it's shot and staged in such a way that it's not just people sitting around a table. It's a complex story but it handles it in a fashion that never treats viewers like idiots - if anything it sometimes makes you work hard to keep up. It never keeps repeating plot points again and again as if we can't remember something important that happened five minutes ago. I personally love complex films with complex characters, and everybody here feels like a real, three-dimensional person. The detectives aren't super-cops, or the best detectives in the department - they're just people holding down a job. It makes you accept how they're handling things especially when things get weird. And, trust me, they DO get weird. But not off the wall, lazy out-of-left-field weird, and a second viewing might prove we should have seen it coming from the start. The film subtly changes direction several times and there is a shocking revelation at about the halfway point, and from then on it really demands you put your thinking cap on! From there, until an almost 2001 type ending, the movie goes someplace I was surprised it dared to go. There's a stretch in the middle that might take a little patience to get through for some folks but it's worth it for the climax, and it's also probably going to be the part you keep thinking about after the movie is over. I personally didn't mind it because I enjoyed the clever dialogue. Then again, I am a huge fan of Aaron Sorkin and Paddy Chayefsky, so I love dialogue. There are some great performances in this film - and a few that are a little shaky but nothing to distract. Strong visuals. Great music throughout. And way better edited than most other indie films I've seen. And it's all in the service of a really challenging script. It's in a completely different league than most super low budget films made by people you've never heard of. And even if some parts of the film make you uncomfortable, or if it expects a lot from the viewer, it really is a worthwhile film and the kind no studio would have ever dared to make. I can't wait to see what the filmmakers do next!
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      • November 2, 2020 (United States)
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      • PTG Films
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