The Third Man

Screening: The Third Man (1949): Directed by Carol Reed, this black and white film had exceptionally articulate visuals of landscapes throughout the city of Vienna in 1948. In spite of being for the most part shot around evening time and in the sewers, the director does an incredible job capturing the overall character of the city. The music was fairly interesting, and added a feeling of peculiarity to the film. Although all the actors played their roles, respectively, Orson Welles was my favorite. He was Charming, but yet evil at the same time. Joseph Cotten played Holly Martins and played it exceptionally well as he was really unconscious of what inconvenience he was getting his character 's part into. He was determined, but at the same…

creator of Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939), and his British counterpart, Alexander Korda combined their strengths, producing the first British film-noir, which is so significant in the history of cinema. The Third Man (Carol Reed, UK, 1949) is a milestone in the development of film-noir. It was produced during one of the brilliant periods of British cinematography. For it’s groundwork, it had a good scriptwriter, Graham Greene being then at the peak of his popularity. The…

In Greene’s The Third Man (Movie) and The Quiet American, there are similarities and differences detectable in the stories. The principle closeness we have watched is that both stories catch the time of history. Notwithstanding, Greene’s stories also utilizes their own different speakers and visualizing different imagery that makes a totally unique perception of Greene ability to be innovative in his own way. The stories written by Greene all had mysterious history themes. In 1955, The…

The third man argument refers to a criticism of Plato’s theory of forms. Plato believed that for every class of objects, a group of objects that share that same defining property or essences there was an ideal form that is over and above it. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes that for the theory of forms, for every property F there must be a form, F-ness, where all objects with F get that property. “From the existence of a plurality of F things and the fact that, for any such…

documentary that focuses on two murder cases that take place in Tulsa, OK on the Northside and the second case in New Orleans, LA. In the second case named “The Third Man” a get together turns fatal when a man is found dead and the other badly beaten up in abandoned apartment. The first case involved a well-known music director mainly known by the name “Cash Money Vamp”, who was shot dead beside his limo. Law enforcement agencies dig into research to help identify whom is responsible. The…

Post-war Disillusionment in The Third Man Carol Reed’s 1949 thriller, The Third Man, presents an unflinching depiction of the state of morals and guilt, namely the lack of aforementioned qualities, in post-war Europe. Following the end of World War II, many experienced difficulties in readjusting to life after war. This post-war disillusionment contributed to the development of a branch of film noir concerned with “sordidness of...urban crime” (Schrader 10). The Third Man is an example of such a…

Evil, in its many forms, is present throughout the stories and poems that we have read this term. This essay will focus on the different kinds of evil presented in The Third Man and the works of Edger Allen Poe. The types of evil discussed in this essay will range from what will later be defined as pure evil, all the way to evil temptations. Evil is defined as profoundly immoral and malevolent, to better understand this definition one must understand the concept of morality. Morality is a…

Carol Reed’s 1949 film, The Third Man, is a cinematic masterpiece that dives deep into the layers of what it means to be human. The story takes place in post war Vienna, where Joseph Cotton’s character, Holly Martins, travels to reconnect with his longtime pal, Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles (www.imdb.com). Holly arrives in Vienna only to find that his pal Harry is presumed dead – but something about his death just doesn’t add up. The story follows Holly on a journey for the truth while the…

artistically arrayed. “They say she will be arriving soon,” came a woman’s voice as she circle the table, reaching for a pink dessert. “I hear her beauty is astonishing,” said a gentleman, twisting a fork in a greenish noodle dish. “I just worry for the other eligible young maidens who also carry a golden cup tonight. I hear there are a few that are quite as enchanting.” “She won’t be jubilant about that, will she? Which makes me wonder,” said the lady, tracing a piece of the dessert with her…

that has existed and continues to exist in this world. Greene illustrates this message of betrayal throughout all his novels, maybe he was betrayed by someone very close and decides to include it in his novels. For instance, in The Third Man, when Rollo Martin decided to investigate the mysterious death of his friend Harry Lime. I first perceived Rollo as caring, brave and most of all honest. But, this perception changed at the end of the novel when Rollo assisted in the capture and death of his…