Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Third Man

A classic British noir that takes place in Vienna around World War II, with its American, British, French, and Russian zones, and Germans all about. Graham Greene wrote it. Greene wrote great books, until he introduced a Catholic character, then he wrote terrible books. But "The Third Man" has no Catholics in it, so the script is decent. And Orson Welles is a supporting actor, so bonus. He asks the tough questions, like when he's on top of the ferris wheel and talking about his victims: "Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?" Great stuff.

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