Extended Reading
  • Martine 2021-12-07 08:01:37

    Francois Truffaut on "Gone with the Calamity"

    Excerpted from the film critic collection "Movies in My Life" published by Truffau in 1974, English translation: American edition published by Leonard Mayhew Da Capo Press. The film that Truffau saw that year was not the rebuilt version of 1998 that is now widely circulated, but the version edited...

  • Leone 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    "Beautiful Lady" - the messenger of justice covered with lice

    The first time I saw an Orson Welles film, I was impressed by the long shot in the opening. The murderer hiding in the secret place, the hustle and bustle of the border town between the two countries, the explosive hidden behind the car, it seems that the protagonist is always too close to the...

  • Tania 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    I was blown away by the long shot at the opening! Wells is such a genius! ! !

  • Candice 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    The long shot of the opening 3'20''...the ability of the mise-en-scène...respectfully

Touch of Evil quotes

  • Schwartz: So it turns out Quinlan was right after all.

  • Mirador Motel night manager: It STINKS in here!