Orson Welles - Touch of Evil (1958) - opening (NO-restored version)
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Published 2013-09-08
Director of Photography : Russell Metty
Music : Henry Mancini
Directed by Orson Welles
All Comments (18)
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Magical, what a genius!
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I have 23, We are in 2019 but I've seen this version first 😅
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Great film with a wonderful cast.
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Absolute magic! I just saw this shot mentioned in a documentary about making 'Halloween', & put that on pause, to look this up. I wasn't disappointed.
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I far prefer this original studio version to the restored one. First, because this is how I saw it repeatedly on TV in the 1970s and '80s (starting in 1972.) Second, the Henry Mancini theme song is masterful, and it's repeated in the lengthy murder scene later, which makes it more relevant. And finally, I like the credits being superimposed because to me they add a sense of how this is apparently a prosaic street scene, although we know there's a time bomb that could explode any second.
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Is it cinematic heresy to admit I prefer the non-restored opening?
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@444nave; Thanks for posting this. I guess I'm spoilt, as I'd never seen this - the un-retrored version. It makes me appreciate the restored version that much more. By the way; I saw a copy of this here, posted by Universal (I won't call them by that 'Nother Name' - which they want viewers to P-A-Y for the 'privilege' of seeing, no thanks), and, from the really, really shoddy condition of the trailer, it's no wonder Mr. Welles was aggrieved by their treatment of him.
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Look, this type of thing tended to happen with Welles' movies. There are supposedly 6 or 7 different edits of Mr Arkadan, and everybody knows how Ambersons was mutilated. And he didn't finish Macbeth. Remember that Welles didn't have the final control over his films that Hitchcock did.
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how do you watch the original version? Im doing a paper on it
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Maybe it’s a matter of taste, but IMO this is the better fo the intro’s. Maybe because this is how I saw it in a college course as an undergrad, but even at a young age, I found this catchy as hell.
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Sadly, because of the Welles restoration, this version (with the superior Mancini theme) is now lost to us. However, this pan-and-scan aspect ratio (from the VHS ape release) destroys the widescreen vista. (sigh) I guess we can't have it all!
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This is one instance where corporate tampering was better. Viva Mancini!
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This version really ruins the pacing and tension of the scene for me, credits are distracting and not necessary, I don't know how the studio thought this would be an improvement over Welles' original idea for the shot.
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The passerby at 1:56 in the trenchcoat who almost looks at the camera looks awfully like Orson Welles.
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Heresy, no, but not stupendously bright
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Gotta say, I always thought this was a big nothingburger of a film. Lots of great camera shots, blah blah blah, but a pretty dumb plot, with some plot elements that make no sense at all. If Welles hadn't directed it, and without Heston, this would have been a double feature with something like "Narrow Margin" or "I, Mobster"
