Limited cinema run of "The Third Man"

[ChristopherBanks]

"The Third Man" is running in an art-house theatre here, using the 50th anniversary restored print. Fantastic. There's nothing like seeing these old movies in a cinema and getting the full experience (not to mention the full image, without crappy TV overscan).

Just had to share...

But you know, I still think "Odd Man Out" is better.

[Oscar Christie]

nice 3rd Man review by Jonathan Rosenbaum

[Glenn Anders]

A fine comprehensive Rosenbaum review, though I don't agree with every point he makes.

In passing, one of the things now forgotten about the ten years following World War II, is how hard the time was not only on the losers like the Germans and the Austrians, but on winners like the British. The bleak vision of Vienna in THE THIRD MAN must have made the British feel a little better about the fact that, years after the war, sugar and meat were still being rationed, and that they could not have a glass of good Scotch because all the best was being shipped abroad to places like the U.S., in order to gain foreign credit.

And then there is THE MAN BETWEEN (Reed, 1953), a rather underrated picture, which turns the Harry Lime figure (James Mason again) into a tragic hero.

Glenn

[bord]

went to see Third Man in the Twin Cities this past weekend along with Ambersons and Kane. The Third Man print was immaculate, Ambersons quite good and Kane had some of the lighter parts of the image blown out pretty badly.
Before Ambersons they showed the trailer for the 3rd Man restoration, which was quite enjoyable.
According to Warner Home Video the Ambersons DVD is being held up while they look for better film elements... seeing this print will hold me over for awhile - though I did make a nice rip of the laserdisc with the Carringer commentary included.