Touch of evil : Orson Welles, director
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Touch of evil : Orson Welles, director
（Rutgers films in print, v. 3）
Rutgers University Press, c1985
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Filmography: p. [277]-278
Bibliography: p. [279]-280
Description and Table of Contents
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: ISBN 9780813510965
Description
This book about "Touch of Evil" includes the continuity script, a biography of Orson Welles, an interview with Welles by Andre Bazih, an interview with Charlton Heston, excerpts from several critical essays, major reviews, a filmography and a bibliography.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780813510972
Description
Welles is by consensus one of the most talented directors who ever worked in Hollywood, and this flamboyant film - a 1958 exploration of the thriller form - is one of his greatest achievements.
Comito's introduction considers the film's relation to the tradition of film noir and demonstrates how Welles's mastery of cinematic language transforms the materials of a routine thriller into a work that is at once a sardonic examination of the dark side of sexuality, an elegiac rumination on the loss of innocence, and a disquieting assault on the viewer's own moral and ascetic certainties.
Other contextual materials in the book include a biographical sketch of Welles; an important interview with Welles by Andre Bazin, Charles Bitsch, and Jean Domarchi, available here for the first time in English; an interview with Charlton Heston on the making of the film; representative reviews; critical essays by William Johnson, Jean Collett (translated especially for this book), Stephen Heath; an analysis of the relation of the complete film to Welles's recently discovered shooting script; and filmography and bibliography. The continuity script collates the two available versions of Touch of Evil and provides an invaluable, shot-by-shot guide through the visual and audio complexities of Welles's masterpiece.
Table of Contents
Introd. Welles's labyrinths : an introduction to Touch of Evil / Terry Comito. Orson Welles : a biographical sketch
Touch of evil. Credits and cast. The continuity script. The shooting script(3) : the evolution of Orson Welles's touch of evil from novel to film / John Stubbs
Interviews, reviews, and commentaries
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