Touch of Evil - Apartment Scene

[Shamanatrix]

those walls didn't fly to allow for the shot, guys... i live in this building, have been here 16 years... my place is an identical apartment to the one in this scene, two floors up... i have been in that exact apartment a zillion times... those are the original 1919 walls, Welles was a master of in-camera effects and the king of the dutch angel... and the doorframe at :52 isnt' to a bedroom, but to the kitchen...

[hanniballecter3]

"You framed that boy! FRAMED HIM!"

[bannanaboy33]

"Ehhhh... I DON'T SPEAK MEXICAN."

[doctornoooo]

the woman in the scene is the mom of Tatum o neil: she was in several alfred hitchcok presnts as well as a few movies, but perhaps her southern accent limited her roles or something. She was quite good in this, Welles knew what he was doing using her.

[Voivodian89]

Wonderful One-Take.

Orson is The Master.

[gandhistears]

such casual racism

[csselement]

@gandhistears: good observation. it's part of his corrupt character...if you haven't figured that out yet.

[garfrain]

@gandhistears the best kind lol

[Tempestzzzz]

hehehe dynamite found in the 'Love Nest'

Oh Orson you so sly with your humor.

And you are missed very much.

[GetMeThere1]

Amazing! I've seen this movie probably 20 times and never noticed that those scenes were two very long takes!

Interestingly, they initially DID show a bit of the left side of the bedroom doorframe at 00:52, then, for the rest, the left sides of the door frames were missing. So I guess the camera was on a track going from living room to bedroom to bathroom.

[Penumbra505]

@GetMeThere1 removable walls, its a baisic set trick to get the camera in and out, the things the size of a go-kart by this period.

[chevyyyyyyy]

So far, this movie is irritating, at least in this scene.

[abogadoooooo]

Awesome!! You have the sequence that one men put a bomb in a car.

[califgirl101]

Excellent! One of my personal Orson Welles classic along with Citizen Kane. Could you post the sequence where Captn. Quinlen murders Grande in a hotel room as Vargas' wife lays unconcious? Thanks again. :)