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Compulsion (1959)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
12/15
12/15:
It doesn't take long for me to realize Compulsion is about the case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
If you aren't familiar with what happened in Chicago during 1924, it's worth reading. The film is almost
detail-for-detail of what happened. The downside is it's boring to watch.
The other is Rope came first, so
Compulsion feels redundant at least from a philosophical perspective.
The sourest aspect is Orson Welles' preposterous performance. Nothing he said makes sense. Because he received a top billing, I
thought the plot was about his character, but it's not...he only had a minor part.
All in all, Compulsion fails to stir my interest about two "supermen" who received fame for committing the
so-called crime of the century.