tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post5525809258310202212..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: #80 - The Third ManWar Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-53276917103667799202019-09-23T19:51:40.230-05:002019-09-23T19:51:40.230-05:00Great review. Your take is spot-on.
Excellent mov...Great review. Your take is spot-on.<br /><br />Excellent movie.<br />Good postwar movie with cold-war drama.<br />Not a war movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-1943028656919475542010-12-12T22:11:22.460-06:002010-12-12T22:11:22.460-06:00You mention the non-Hollywood ending. Shockingly ...You mention the non-Hollywood ending. Shockingly it was the one American producer (David O. Selznick) who insisted on it over the objections of the two British producers!War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-50185565822105176032010-12-12T19:56:11.448-06:002010-12-12T19:56:11.448-06:00this is film noir with a post war setting plain an...this is film noir with a post war setting plain and simple. tho it sure isnt a simple movie! i would compare this to another welles classic: Touch of Evil. both set in unique settings that are dangerously rundown. all the war wreckage really adds to this movie expecially for the long shots and the shadows. i'm not a big joseph cotton fan but having him a pulp writer is a nice touch. welles is great in the charming villian role. in some ways this one reminds me of a horror movie without the horror: the chases, the foreboding atmosphere, the night shots, the sewer. i think if it were made today they prob would have welles character as a serial killer type. the scene in the sewer is excellent your right and his reach for freedom to discover the thing is locked is classic. you can also tell it was not made by an american director since Holly doesnt get the girl in the end. that was a very bold touch having her walk right by him.<br />Im sure that must have been an interesting set with two guys like Welles and Reed working "together". this has Welles touches all over it.<br />Good job reviewing this one!JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-64370263782202097542010-12-12T12:35:58.410-06:002010-12-12T12:35:58.410-06:00I read the novella came after the screenplay.
I t...I read the novella came after the screenplay.<br /><br />I totally agree with your take on this not being a war movie. When "war movie genre" comes in fifth on a list behind film noir, mystery, suspense, and drama, it does not deserve to be included in the genre.<br /><br />A subgenre called "postwar" would be a good idea. This could include post-nuclear war movies like "Grave of the Fireflies".War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-34256345812387527362010-12-12T00:21:46.307-06:002010-12-12T00:21:46.307-06:00It is also a novel by Graham Greene suppose he bas...It is also a novel by Graham Greene suppose he based his script on his novel. I have not seen it or if then a very long time ago. But I would never call this a war movie. I am playing around with the idea to include a new category called "post-war movie". All sorts of movies about post-traumatic stress or the fantastic Judgement at Nurember fit this description... But The Third Man? I am still not convinced. It seems pointless to include movies like that when there are so many other, "real" war movies they left out.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.com