HITCHCOCK'S "SHADOW OF A DOUBT" AND ROMANO GUARDINI'S "THE ROSARY OF OUR LADY"
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 Published On Jan 18, 2024

“Each of us is in some way or another, and in succession, a criminal and a saint.”
—Georges Bernanos, Catholic novelist, author of "Diary of a Country Priest"

How about at the same time?...

From a review by Sven Milulec in "Cinephilia & Beyond" of a stellar Hitchcock offering:

"One of the most subversive films Alfred Hitchcock ever made is a disquieting little masterpiece called "Shadow of a Doubt" that was brought to life back in 1943, in the very midst of the Second World War. It’s somewhat surprising, some would even say remarkable, that at this very point in history Hollywood produced a film like this, as it portrays a typical American small town polished on the surface, seemingly full of innocent, kindhearted people, one of those ideal communities where everybody knows each other’s names, unexpectedly bring over apple pies and smile gently and warmly at each other in front of the church before the Sunday mass. But underneath this sugarcoated surface a psychopathic serial killer walks the streets, inhabits their dinner parties and sleeps in their rooms. To make things worse, a teenage niece of the killer becomes suspicious of her uncle’s activities, but keeps her findings, as brutally dark as they are, to herself in order to save her family from destruction."
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/shadow-o...

Then there's Romano Guardini's "The Rosary of Our Lady." From a passage on the Sorrowful Mysteries:

"Every breath the Lord drew passed through Mary's breast; every throb of His heart was her own; and nothing happened to Him that had not also 'penetrated her soul' as Simeon had foretold. So we must draw her into all these events.

Mary connects us with all these happenings. It is she who causes us not only to look and meditate, but also makes us aware that all these happenings concern every one of us, you and me. She is the reason that I do not run away when my faintheartedness becomes unbearable, but that I remain. She herself remained, 'until all was consummated.'

And so must I."

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