Touch of Evil

...restricted movements. This gives the performance a physicality that recalls another corrupt police officer: Orson Welles' Hank Quinlan in "Touch of Evil." Cage, constantly running his hand through his hair, speaks with an odd, hazy drawl...

In this article: Werner Herzog, Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Abel Ferrara, Orson Welles, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, and Harvey Keitel

Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons have been and gone, but The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth, The Trial and the excellent Touch of Evil are still to come. Tel: 0131-228 2688 In order to post comments you must Register or Sign...

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...noted the innovations and their effects in many of Welles' films, including what many consider another crowning achievement, "Touch of Evil," remain "exquisite," even by today's standards. "He was very, very influenced by the use of...

In this article: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, H.G. Wells, Macbeth, Mercury Theatre, and War of the Worlds

...Shakespearean adaptations, Macbeth (1948), which despite a hasty shoot and a low budget is full of dark intensity; and (at 4.30pm) Touch of Evil (1958), a terrific thriller set on the Mexican border that's considered one of his very best...

In this article: Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth, Citizen Kane, and Rita Hayworth

The latest news around the place is that Quentin Tarantino is considering following up Inglorious Basterds with a western. And what Quentin talks about when he talks about "western" is a Sergio Leone picture, of course. Once Upon a Time in...

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...(Scorsese's shot is 3:00), but he trumped the hell out of him in terms of difficulty. We start outside, on a close shot, just like in Touch of Evil. Hill hands someone his car keys and escorts his date across the street, through a line of...

In this article: Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Jimmy Conway, Henry Hill, De Niro, Jesse James Burke, Henny Youngman, Orson Welles, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci

...(Short Cuts' co-writer), past Fred Ward as the film-buff security chief describing Orson Welles's legendary opening tracking shot in Touch of Evil, which Bob was acknowledging and satirising. We had to get our lines out before reaching the...

In this article: Short Cuts, Peter Gallagher, Huey Lewis, Raymond Carver, Fred Ward, Buck Henry, The Player, Anxiety, and Tim Robbins

Film has gripping opening sequence envisioned by director Orson Welles "Touch of Evil" opens with a mind-blowing traveling shot that starts at the level of a belt buckle and then swings left and right and up as a quicksilver figure sets a...

In this article: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Culprit, Big Sur, Baltimore, Jack Kerouac, and Janet Leigh

...series for "30 Rock," and the show also could again claim top comedy honors. All three levels of `Touch of Evil' The two-disc Touch of Evil: 50th Anniversary Edition DVD (Universal Home Entertainment, $27) is nothing less than a...

In this article: Tina Fey, Academy Awards, Emmy Award, Simon Baker, Gordon Willis, Orson Welles, Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, and Sarah Palin

...do back-streets avenger as well as he does smug playboy. Dror Soref, director and co-writer (with Tomas Romero) of this mishmash of "Touch of Evil" and "Angel Heart," gooses the atmosphere with strobe-like montages of violence and...

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