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[darkest0knight]

So there's this opening shot--Orson Welles; Touch of Evil, 1958--and the studio used to roll the credits over it, which was shitty and not the way Welles wanted it at all, 'cause who can really focus on what's going on if you're reading some little captions about the actors or the producer at the bottom at the same time?

But they finally took the

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[reaping_havoc]

The rest of the movie any good?

[darkest0knight]

It's great. Dialogue's a little campy, but it's the '50s so what do you expect.

[reaping_havoc]

So according to Foster's Guide to Movies, it's worth seeing.

[darkest0knight]

Oh yeah. Orson Welles himself plays Hank Quinlan, and he's just amazing in the role.

[killerdimples]

...oh.

My.

God.

[darkest0knight]

You don't agree?

[killerdimples]

I'm in love with a nerd.

My brother was right.

[darkest0knight]

You need to appreciate your history, Lee.

[stokerwasahack]

Didn't Ms. Leigh break her arm before filming?

[darkest0knight]

Yeah, if you look at most of her shots, she's only got one arm in camera and the other's in a cast off-screen.

[stokerwasahack]

It's been a long time since I've seen it. As I recall, Welles was fired.

[darkest0knight]

RKO was a bunch of bastards anyway.

[tinyvampiregod]

... I think I might eat them upon my return so that film might never be made.

[darkest0knight]

You'd destroy a work of art?

[tinyvampiregod]

It is a movie. Not art.

[darkest0knight]

Film is art.