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bobbyb5
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- Posted: 09/03/2017 11:54
- Post subject: Orson Welles/Third Man??
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I first saw the movie The Third Man when I was kind of young and I always assumed it was directed by Orson Welles because of the way it looked. I thought it looked like Citizen Kane and since Orson Welles was in it I thought he was the director. Until I found out otherwise. But I still like it better than Citizen Kane and I think it's Orson Welles best acting job. I think he's awesome in it.
So the question is; what do you think is the best Orson Welles movie as far as his acting goes? It could be either a movie that he directed or a movie that he didn't Direct.
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AfterHours
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- Posted: 09/03/2017 15:40
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Citizen Kane, which might also be the greatest performance in film history. In every scene he is a different character, a seamless chaos of personalities.
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- Posted: 09/03/2017 16:23
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I prefer the sweaty mumble-mouthed Hank Quinlan in Touch Of Evil. Especially the strangulation scene.
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AfterHours
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- Posted: 09/03/2017 17:09
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| Tha1ChiefRocka wrote: | | I prefer the sweaty mumble-mouthed Hank Quinlan in Touch Of Evil. Especially the strangulation scene. |
Yes, masterful, another extraordinary performance. Also, the whole finale, from Quinlan's last fortune with Tanya, to Vargas and Menzies recording him and its climax in the outskirts of town.
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PurpleHazel
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- Posted: 01/23/2018 09:44
- Post subject: Re: Orson Welles/Third Man??
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| bobbyb5 wrote: | | I first saw the movie The Third Man when I was kind of young and I always assumed it was directed by Orson Welles because of the way it looked. I thought it looked like Citizen Kane and since Orson Welles was in it I thought he was the director. Until I found out otherwise. |
There's a popular misconception that Welles effectively co-directed the film, or directed the scenes he was in -- the use of shadow and light in the sewer chase scenes no doubt contributed to that. Also I can see the appeal of believing that he directed the great Ferris Wheel scene: he did come up with the "cuckoo clock" speech on set. I wonder, once he was cast, how much his towering reputation nudged Carol Reed to shoot it in a more Wellesian style.
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