This post contains spoilers for “The Shawshank Redemption.”One of the most propulsive aspects of “Shawshank Redemption” is the open question of Andy Dufresne’s innocence.
Andy’s “decidedly inconvenient” luck as he puts it — that he would visit the cabin on the same night his wife and her lover were murdered there, with the same model of gun used to kill them — drives the remainder of the film.
By cutting between that night and the courtroom, the opening scenes are cleverly crafted in the script and editing to keep the audience in the dark.
Our compassion for Andy is only validated when we learn later that another man has claimed credit for the homicide, only for the warden to execute the one remaining witness who can confirm this.Bringing this ambiguity to life demanded a very delicate performance, balancing the idea that Andy is either an ordinary man whose broken marriage
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