Greene, Graham: 1904-1991

Movie - The Third Man, 1949

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    • Review: "Orson Welles makes the most famous entrance in the history of the movies, and one of the most famous speeches." Roger Ebert; December 08, 1996
    • Wrong Geometries in The Third Man: "The entire film can be seen in two ways: as a visual document of the bombed-out fabric of late 1940s Vienna and as a stylised filmic environment built on the aesthetic foundations of German Expressionism." Richard Misek; July 2007
    • A near-perfect work: "Every time you see the film over the years you notice something new. You suddenly become aware, for instance, of the way the strings of the zither at the beginning are later echoed in the cables of the suspension bridge." The Guardian; August 2, 2015
    • A Film Noir Masterpiece: "Before writing the screenplay, Graham Greene worked out the atmosphere, characterisation and mood of the story by writing a novella. He wrote it as a source text for the screenplay and never intended it to be read by the general public." September 2, 2017
    • There Was A Third Man
    • Graham Greene's script compared with the original novella: "The novella bears quite a close relationship to the film. It includes most of the major set-pieces that are so memorable in the film." Rob White
    • Bogdanovich on The Third Man and Orson Welles
    • One of the best British Film Noirs ever made
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    • An look how The Third Man was beautifully restored in 4K