Orson Welles - Touch Of Evil

Here's next film in the Orson Welles series: Touch Of Evil (1958).

It has been restored to Welles' original intentions, for example the opening titles has been removed from the famous opening shot and the original music by Mancini has been, well, inserted where it should be. Ive included the trailer for Citizen Kane which should have been included in that release - worth seeing. English subtitles included.

What Amazon.com says: Considered by many to be the greatest B movie ever made, the original-release version of Orson Welles's film noir masterpiece Touch of Evil was, ironically, never intended as a B movie at all--it merely suffered that fate after it was taken away from writer-director Welles, then reedited and released in 1958 as the second half of a double feature. Time and critical acclaim would eventually elevate the film to classic status (and Welles's original vision was meticulously followed for the film's 1998 restoration), but for four decades this original version stood as a testament to Welles's directorial genius. From its astonishing, miraculously choreographed opening shot (lasting over three minutes) to Marlene Dietrich's classic final line of dialogue, this sordid tale of murder and police corruption is like a valentine for the cinematic medium, with Welles as its love-struck suitor. As the corpulent cop who may be involved in a border-town murder, Welles faces opposition from a narcotics officer (Charlton Heston) whose wife (Janet Leigh) is abducted and held as the pawn in a struggle between Heston's quest for truth and Welles's control of carefully hidden secrets. The twisting plot is wildly entertaining (even though it's harder to follow in this original version), but even greater pleasure is found in the pulpy dialogue and the sheer exuberance of the dazzling directorial style.

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orione (2005-01-18)

A masterpiece !
One amazing thing: the unprobable casting of Heston delivers...
The scene at the beginning is one of the most starling scenes of all times.
Quinlan is a villain, but all the sympathy goes to him... he is one of best villain ever.

Pippin (2005-01-18)

Yes, its great. I think its his most accomplished film, though I havnt seen Chimes At Midnight, which some say is his crowning achievement. I hope to get it real soon though....
Youre right that Heston (otherwise the most wooden actor in Hollywood) gives a good performance - Quinlan is the money though. Hes got character (which you might say Vargas has not) and that makes the film ambiguous, in my opinion. Or Welles is ambiguous about him.

 velvetfog (2005-01-19)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052311/

Pippin (2005-01-20)

Next up is The Third Man - not strictly a Welles film, he didnt direct it but he dominates it as an actor. And its a great film too....

orione (2005-01-23)

I hope the Swiss don't get offended....Welles is not so nice to them back at the Prater.... hehehe

Pippin (2005-01-23)

The swiss said in response to the film that the cuckoo clocks were made in Bavaria, not Switzerland....leaves you to wonder if 500 years of democracy accomplished anything at all....

Mr.Cheese (2005-03-15)

Any who can seed
Orson Welles - The Lady From Shanghai
We are stuck at 99.5%

Rekkr (2005-08-09)

Seeders? We are stuck at 99.0%!

ItalianMike (2006-01-25)

Can anyone come and seed The Lady From Shanghai, stuck at 99%

slbm70 (2008-04-14)

thankyou very much. Works wonderfully

ergot (2008-06-29)

Is this the theatrical version, or Orson Wells' director's cut? There are like 76 changes between the two versions, and I would prefer to get another copy of the director's cut if possible (mine is a VHS TVrip and is messed up during the climactic final scene).
Thanks for the up!