Review of The Third Man (1949) by Jonathan R — 05 Jul 2009
This is a fantastic film in every way. The camera angles, though skewed, create just the right atmosphere. The zither's twang expresses perfect ambiguity. The ruins of post-war Vienna is a setting suited ideally to the plot. The characters work as people, real people making real decisions that feel free because they're so hard to understand, but they also work as symbols - idealism meeting tired pragmatism; America meeting Europe.
This is not only a fantastic film, this is fantastic art. It's perfectly suited not only for its own time, though it was deeply relevant then, but to all times, because it is universal.
This review of The Third Man (1949) was written by Jonathan R on 05 Jul 2009.
The Third Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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