1949 Directed by Carol Reed
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Orson Welles Trevor Howard Paul Hörbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Hedwig Bleibtreu Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Alexis Chesnakov Thomas Gallagher Herbert Halbik Hannah Norbert Eric Pohlmann Carol Reed Annie Rosar Frederick Schrecker Hugo Schuster Karl Stepanek Theodore Gottlieb Jenny Werner Reed De Rouen
El Tercer Hombre, The 3rd Man, 제3의 사나이, Den tredje mannen, Le troisième homme, Трећи човек, 黑狱亡魂, 第三个人, 제 3의 사나이, De derde man, O 3º Homem, Третият човек, Třetí muž, Den tredje mand, Kolmas mies, Ο τρίτος άνθρωπος, A harmadik ember, Il terzo uomo, 第三の男, Trečiasis asmuo, Den tredje mann, Третий человек, Tretí Muž, 黑獄亡魂, Der dritte Mann, El tercer hombre, Le Troisième Homme, 第三人, Üçüncü Adam, O Terceiro Homem, Ο Τρίτος Άνθρωπος, האדם השלישי, Al treilea om, Trzeci człowiek, Третя людина, Tretí muž, مرد سوم, El tercer home
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Orson Welles says arguably the most evil thing ever uttered on a Ferris wheel
You were born to be murdered.
-Calloway
Something incredible happens in The Third Man. From it's opening moments you know you're watching something special as you realize the music, cinematography and performances all meld together to not only create a masterpiece, but a masterpiece with personality. That's not the incredible part though.
What's incredible is that well after you realize that you're watching film-noir perfection, a masterpiece at this point, that magnificent bastard Orson Welles steals the entire show without speaking a word. In one of the most iconic entrances in cinema history, Welles just gives us a knowing smile with a twinkle in his eye and that is it. Game over. Everything that came before, no matter how good,…
This is exactly like how The Smiths operate. The script and acting and direction and set design are Morrissey going “oh woe is me, laying flowers on James Dean’s grave while the vicar closes his dreadful eyes” and then the zither score is Johnny Marr going “hahaha shut up, idiot!”
think it's fair to say that this is definitely the strangest episode of Spongebob so far
I'm a huge fan of directors using the power of cinema to flat out fuck with audiences so of course The Third Man, a film that's essentially about the chaos and confusion and shadowy underworlds of an occupied Vienna, would appeal to me. I absolutely adore the way Reed stacks the layers of his mystery, visually emphasizing shadows, alleys, and peering eyes the way others might emphasize an emotional beat, placing us in the shoes of Holly as he traverses Vienna - a city so disorganized on the surface it doesn't even understand how to approach the seeding, corrupt underworld eating away at it in the shadows. Reed applies multiple, untranslated languages, jarring edits, a discordant score, and shadowy, expressionistic…
Hiding out underground, the refuge of the id.
A bad writer goes to Vienna to see his good friend, but bad news: he's dead. So the bad writer decides to become a bad detective, but more bad news: his good friend was actually bad. (Not like a bad friend, but like a bad person.) Can't catch a break.
The cinematography is legendary, of course, and with good reason (jaunty, off-kilter angles for the unstable city torn between four countries; long shadows loom large over those who cast them in an evil world), but I had forgotten how devilishly funny this is. There's also a great deal of tension built up around the language barrier issue, and the iconic soundtrack does…
With its remarkable use of atmospheric tension, stellar performances, cleverly twisted plot & unusual style of filmmaking, The Third Man is an excellent crime thriller that is now widely acknowledged by many as one of world cinema's most influential works. The story is set in postwar Vienna & concerns a novelist named Holly Martins who tries to solve the mystery of the third man who was supposedly present when the fatal accident of his best friend, Harry Lime, took place.
Expertly directed by Carol Reed with its wonderful opening montages & final showdown in the sewers of Vienna being the show-stealers, this noir-drama is also crisply photographed, tightly edited, finely scored & superbly performed by its entire cast, esp. Orson Welles who ends up making the biggest impression in his short screen time. An immersive thriller with a very memorable climax & an even bolder final shot, The Third Man is a classic example of its genre that comes highly recommended.
half way through the film, it was KILLING me that the soundtrack sounded so familiar but i couldn't put my finger on what it was
then it dawned on me that i was thinking about spongebob and i really couldn't pay attention to anything else after i had that realization
