Touch of Evil - Opening Scene - With Street and Theme Music

Opening of the film Touch of Evil that honors Orson Welles by removing the title credits and adding street level music while still honoring Henry Mancini's opening theme.

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[AJDFishbone4]

Most amazing opening ever. Orson Wells you are a genius.

[illaveyoubutler]

superior to citizen kane

[Xavier M.]

The masterpiece of a genius... This scene could be a little movie. Janet Leigh is beautiful.

[KryBastard]

Master Wells, Heston and Janet Leigh...what a amazing film...it's a cult!!

[Human Activity System]

So awful what the studios did to his films. Travesty if not a tragedy.

[Derk N]

Both versions of the opening here: artofthetitle. c*m/title/touch-of-evil/

[Julius Laemmle]

The opening three plus minutes of this film are IMHO the greatest three plus minutes in modern film. The greatness of this continuous shot is due to the expertise of DP Russell Metty and camera operators...............James King, Phil Lathrop and John Russell. But I strongly believe this shot depended on a piece of specialized camera equipment conceived and built almost thirty years before. In 1929 DP Hal Mohr and Director Paul Fajos had built, The Broadway Crane, for the U film "Broadway"

[Jeremy Marshall]

The blonde in the car who hears the ticking is the incomparable Joi Lansing.

[Ron D'Avilar]

six times in a row.... absolutely remarkable shot!

[Merrytuesdayoneandal]

I've watched this 14 times, and after every time, I'm still wondering how Welles' choreographed this...

[thebitkid]

The camera work is so bizarrely brilliant, it is truly a fantastic opening shot.

[KinetikFilmsOfficial]

better than citizen kane.