Touch of Evil (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rated: Not Rated
- Released: March 8, 2022
- Originally Released: 1958
- Label: Kl Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charlton Heston & Janet Leigh | |
Performer: | Akim Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ray Collins & Joseph Calleia | |
Directed by | Orson Welles & Harry Keller | |
Edited by | Aaron Stell & Virgil W. Vogel | |
Screenwriting by | Orson Welles | |
Composition by | Henry Mancini | |
Produced by | Albert Zugsmith | |
Director of Photography: | Russell Metty |
Entertainment Reviews:
95%
TOMATOMETER
Welles shoots and -- to the extent that he controlled post-production -- edits the film in a fragmented manner which suggest that the line between good cop Vargas and bad cop Quinlan is particularly thin...
Sight and Sound
...[A] splendid, definitive reedit of Orson Welles' noir great....Unspools with all the complex, unnerving menace its writer-director had in mind all along... -- Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly
...Classic noir's final shout pits Orson Welles and Charlton Heston as rival investigators...
Total Film
Orson Welles's 1958 TOUCH OF EVIL is a work of slippery precision, a picture whose seductiveness is only enhanced by its refusal to surrender fully to our grasp.
New York Times
[A] masterful wallow in noir....[Welles] inhabits another outsize monster who somehow evokes the viewer's sympathy.
Premiere
...A masterpiece... -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today
...Discover what the hullabaloo was about....Great Welles and a surprisingly good Heston... -- 5 out of 5 stars - One for the Library
Premiere
Product Description:
Orson Welles's TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece. Beginning with a three-minute-plus tracking crane shot, the film explodes onto the screen, literally--the marvelously expressive opening shot ends with a car blowing up, and that detonation sets into motion a classic noir tale of betrayal and murder. In a complex exploration of character and morality, Welles plays the racist Captain Hank Quinlan, a grotesque, troubled, and powerful figure who runs his small U.S. border town according to his own version of the law. Quinlan's brutishness and vulgarity contrast starkly with the idealism and playboy good looks of Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas, a Mexican detective trying to put away the leader of a dangerous family of drug dealers--the Grandis. In the U.S. with his new bride, Susie (Janet Leigh), Vargas becomes consumed with exposing Quinlan and his highly questionable methods--too busy to see that his own beautiful blonde bride is in serious danger from both Quinlan and the Grandis.
In 1998, Welles's film was restored closer to its creator's original vision, and it is a joy to behold. Every shot is impeccably crafted, every word of dialogue concise and pointed. The camerawork (by Russell Metty and John Russell) is stunning, particularly in the opening scene and the long single take in which Vargas believes he has caught Quinlan planting evidence. The supporting cast, led by Marlene Dietrich, Dennis Weaver, Akim Tamiroff, and Joseph Calleia, gives exhilarating performances. TOUCH OF EVIL, Welles's last studio film, is a near-perfect examination of the dark underbelly of society and the tragic downfall of a once proud man.
In 1998, Welles's film was restored closer to its creator's original vision, and it is a joy to behold. Every shot is impeccably crafted, every word of dialogue concise and pointed. The camerawork (by Russell Metty and John Russell) is stunning, particularly in the opening scene and the long single take in which Vargas believes he has caught Quinlan planting evidence. The supporting cast, led by Marlene Dietrich, Dennis Weaver, Akim Tamiroff, and Joseph Calleia, gives exhilarating performances. TOUCH OF EVIL, Welles's last studio film, is a near-perfect examination of the dark underbelly of society and the tragic downfall of a once proud man.
Keywords:
Mystery
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Cops
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Film Noir
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Framed
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Essential Cinema
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- Sales Rank: 14,020
- UPC: 738329257774
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