Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present The Third Man on Friday, June 2, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.
The Third Man
Movie Information
In Brief: Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) is that rarest of movies in that it’s a filmmaker favorite (I’ve yet to meet the director who didn’t treasure it), a film buff’s delight and immediately accessible to the more casual moviegoer all at once. Why? Because it works on so many levels simultaneously and is positively breathless in its flow. From the very first scenes, The Third Man never really lets up. Director Reed’s voice-over about postwar Vienna and the start of the story of Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is delivered at almost breakneck speed. It hardly even matters that the film’s mystery isn’t much of a mystery (assuming you know who Orson Welles plays). The story is always fascinating and the dialogue first-rate throughout, all delivered by a perfect cast in amazing settings, and all framed by Reed in such a manner that there’s not an uninteresting composition in the entire film. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke originally published on Sept. 25, 2015.
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| Genre: | Suspense Thriller |
| Director: | Carol Reed |
| Starring: | Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde White |
| Rated: | NR |
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