The Third Man: Analysis of Context and Performance
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- The Third Man (1949) has long been considered the greatest achievement of its director Carol Reed and is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest British films of all time, boasting a memorable screenplay by Graham Greene and a performance by Orson Welles that steals the whole movie. It can also boast a transnational status, being shot in Vienna, starring British, American and Italian stars and funded by the American producer David O Selznick.
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Good answers. But but but why didn't he leave after faking his own death.
Kurtz and Winkel are still operating the penicillin scam and Harry says to Holly, "I'd like to cut you in, old man". That suggests that profits are still being made, despite the pressure from the military police. Harry is also hiding out in the Russian sector (he informs them about Anna's papers), so he is safe from the British and Americans if he stays out of their jurisdiction or they think that he is dead. Harry takes the risk of meeting Holly to get him to stop his investigation that might reveal that he is alive, either through persuasion or by killing him. Harry is definitely surprised when he hears that his grave has been dug up, which prompts him to stick to persuasion.
This picture made me ask the question (s): why did Orson Welles (character) fake his own death? Apparently, it wasn't an open casket. Who killed the neighbor upstairs and why. What crime did Orson Welles character commit? And why would Orson's character call his friend of 20 years to be part of this crime/murder coverup?
1. To avoid being caught for his crimes by the military. 2. Harry. 3. Selling black market (presumably watered down) penicillin that fails to work on children with meningitis, causing several deaths. (That's why as a baddie, he is so complex - his crimes are actually monstrous, yet his character avoids the usual tropes of the screen villain.) 4. Harry contacted Holly before his penicillin racket was exposed and he had to go into hiding.