tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post3129381903917858805..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 221. The Third Man (1949)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-29894725214319918112012-05-27T16:25:22.510-04:002012-05-27T16:25:22.510-04:00Thanks Mike. It's also refreshing to hear some...Thanks Mike. It's also refreshing to hear someone not try to force their opinion on me. I appreciate that. Anyway, I wish I would've liked it and really, it's not that I didn't like it, it's just that I wanted to like it a lot more.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-69759311131624078992012-05-27T11:40:07.935-04:002012-05-27T11:40:07.935-04:00Kind of refreshing to read someone not give The Th...Kind of refreshing to read someone not give The Third Man a glowing critique. Personally, I love it, in fact it might be my all-time favourite, but I was lucky enough to watch it as a teenager, before all the hype and breathless 'You must watch this!' comments - a film can only really fail after that kind of hyperbole, especially one that's been copied and parodied so many times. <br /><br />All the same, it's well worth another watch. One of my favourite elements of it is the depiction of Vienna, which is almost a character in itself, all ruins and shadows. It lends the film the kind of authenticity that would have been impossible otherwise. As for the zither, I can't imagine The Third Man without it and by all accounts the film was going to receive a typical orchestral score before Carol Reed happened to hear Anton Karas play live one evening in a Vienna wine bar and went for it. <br /><br />Keep up the good work!Mikehttp://filmsonthebox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com