One of the greatest films ever made. Great use of lighting and camera angles, great script, faultless performances from the Actors, brilliant score and use of location. If you dislike this film you either have really bad taste or you have consumed far too much German Gin. Fact.
@SIngli6 That's the point of it! Music shouldn't be there to tell you how to feel, it should be there to set the atmosphere of that particular universe.
What I find most amusing about your post is that you have yet to be cognizant of a common axiom of filmic storytelling, which is that "to tell you what to feel” is really the means of an end for an imbuement of "atmosphere". 'Telling you what to feel' is the raison detre of a filmic narrative. Every element of a film production (the cinematography, editing, lighting, etc.) exists almost solely to "tell you what to feel", and music is no exception (and nor are the Dogme 95 films).
@SIngli6 What I find most amusing about your post is your need to fill it with useless jargon in order to appear smart. Okay fine, music does tell you what to feel, but there is a difference between a score that generates emotion from you organically and one that explicitly flags up the specific emotion for you. It's what separates Anton Karas from Hans Zimmer.
Organic?! You must be in a state of particularly grim jocularity to be able to write something like that! The only things organic about Karas’ atrocious zither compositions are their abettals in exposing this sup-par film noir as the exorbitantly stylised train wreck that it is! A composer of film music is supposed to fashion melodies that merge seamlessly with the images on screen, and Karas is as proficient at doing this as James Horner is at composing more than one leitmotif.
Wow. first time i saw this moment, i was totally moved. Orson welles has such a presence i can't believe the way he can just giv that one look and capture a moment so perfectly. i'd giv alot to be able to act like that.
So ein Frecheit so ein graval zu machen! I spent 11 years over there,and the old lady cracks me up,so typical,somehow we just dont belong there(We Americans) I am glad they didnt ruin the scene with subtitles!
How can Harry Lime, as the villain in this movie lose? He has both the girl & the cat on his side before you ever see his face! No wonder he's got that sly smile! He's a winner no matter what!
might be my "favourite" (if I can use the British spelling) movie. I've seen it quite often, and never tire of it. Great "Film Noire" and perhaps only equalled by "Casablanca" or "Double Indemnity" in my opinion.
One of the greatest films ever made. Great use of lighting and camera angles, great script, faultless performances from the Actors, brilliant score and use of location. If you dislike this film you either have really bad taste or you have consumed far too much German Gin. Fact.
AirWarCrimewave 1 week ago
Carlo Reed?
AirWarCrimewave 1 week ago
ja zum Teufel noch mal was ist denn da los?
Evolinag 1 month ago
Poorest editing scene of any Oscar winning film.
RABBELL1 3 months ago
This has to be one of the most iconic scenes, in any film, produced anywhere, The film itself must rank as one of the finest movies ever made.
Nojnotpu 7 months ago
Oh... that smile!
CharlieSweden 7 months ago
I'm totally in love with Orson Welles!
Djulew 10 months ago
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@TulseLuper and @Slngli6
Music can tell you what to feel. Other people can't.
To me this music is superb, as is the film
boggym1999 1 year ago
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boggym1999 1 year ago
One of the best and my favorite scenes in this whole movie! Incredible! :)
califgirl101 1 year ago
What kind of a spy do you think you are, satchel foot?
SweynFork 1 year ago
I hated the music in this film! So jarringly jovial!
SIngli6 1 year ago
@SIngli6 you suck.
therealsaintseiya 1 year ago
@therealsaintseiya
What do I suck?
SIngli6 1 year ago
@SIngli6 pito.
therealsaintseiya 1 year ago
@therealsaintseiya
What is "pito"?
SIngli6 1 year ago
@SIngli6 That's the point of it! Music shouldn't be there to tell you how to feel, it should be there to set the atmosphere of that particular universe.
TulseLuper 1 year ago
@TulseLuper
What I find most amusing about your post is that you have yet to be cognizant of a common axiom of filmic storytelling, which is that "to tell you what to feel” is really the means of an end for an imbuement of "atmosphere". 'Telling you what to feel' is the raison detre of a filmic narrative. Every element of a film production (the cinematography, editing, lighting, etc.) exists almost solely to "tell you what to feel", and music is no exception (and nor are the Dogme 95 films).
SIngli6 1 year ago
@SIngli6 What I find most amusing about your post is your need to fill it with useless jargon in order to appear smart. Okay fine, music does tell you what to feel, but there is a difference between a score that generates emotion from you organically and one that explicitly flags up the specific emotion for you. It's what separates Anton Karas from Hans Zimmer.
TulseLuper 1 year ago 4
@TulseLuper
Organic?! You must be in a state of particularly grim jocularity to be able to write something like that! The only things organic about Karas’ atrocious zither compositions are their abettals in exposing this sup-par film noir as the exorbitantly stylised train wreck that it is! A composer of film music is supposed to fashion melodies that merge seamlessly with the images on screen, and Karas is as proficient at doing this as James Horner is at composing more than one leitmotif.
SIngli6 1 year ago
@SIngli6
So you don't like the film So go away, and take your pretentious comments. Leave this masterpiece to us who love it.
HenryHallsGuestNight 1 year ago
@HenryHallsGuestNight
Winston Churchill once said, "Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary".
Not only am I here to tell you that criticism is vitally necessary, but that TRUCULENT criticism is the cynosure of unprecedented euphoric delights!
SIngli6 1 year ago
@HenryHallsGuestNight Good call, pretentiousness is clearly his M.O. More importantly, what an entrance from Orson there, teasing his ol chum
morgantown1 1 year ago
@morgantown1
No. My modus operandi is intelligence.
SIngli6 10 months ago
Camerawork, lighting, acting, the music and the smirk on his face. A perfect scene in a great film. The art of working together.
aquilamarke 1 year ago 2
One of the greatest entrances ever put on film!
QuatermassMan 1 year ago
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PogoMorgan 1 year ago
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PogoMorgan 1 year ago
Welles' facial expressions alone are just amazing.
mynameisiansmum 1 year ago
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Wow. first time i saw this moment, i was totally moved. Orson welles has such a presence i can't believe the way he can just giv that one look and capture a moment so perfectly. i'd giv alot to be able to act like that.
NoraPieterse 1 year ago
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NoraPieterse 1 year ago
I went to Vienna. My shadows there were never that big, even when I legged it down cobbled streets at night !
tooklees 2 years ago
The Swiss haven't killed all the innocent people that AMERICANS have........ I wonder why.....
surrogatodicaffe 2 years ago
tu a raison tlibber, peut-étre la meilleure entrée, le sourire d,harry est inoubliable!!
jacknapier37 2 years ago 2
So ein Frecheit so ein graval zu machen! I spent 11 years over there,and the old lady cracks me up,so typical,somehow we just dont belong there(We Americans) I am glad they didnt ruin the scene with subtitles!
topazcat1 2 years ago
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one of my favs!
dnasty312 2 years ago
Perhaps the best entrance in ANY film EVER. Great post.
tlibber 2 years ago 33
It was an outstanding entrance!
How can Harry Lime, as the villain in this movie lose? He has both the girl & the cat on his side before you ever see his face! No wonder he's got that sly smile! He's a winner no matter what!
PlayIt4MeAgainSam 2 years ago 14
Wow! What a movie!
jfranklins 2 years ago 3
Now THAT's an effing entrance!
thrummer1953 2 years ago 4
what a film
TheDudeAbides2009 2 years ago 2
Charlie and Jedediah together again.
007InMiami 2 years ago 2
might be my "favourite" (if I can use the British spelling) movie. I've seen it quite often, and never tire of it. Great "Film Noire" and perhaps only equalled by "Casablanca" or "Double Indemnity" in my opinion.
ldnearthesea 4 years ago 2
These are 3 great films here! The Third Man, Casablanca, and Double Indeminty! That is an outstanding trio!
They don't make movies like this anymore...
The Hustler, Crime & Punishment, etc.
PlayIt4MeAgainSam 2 years ago 2
@ldnearthesea - Agreed!
WSenator1 1 year ago