Since Dan mentioned The Third Man in an earlier post, I thought I’d share the famed Ferris Wheel scene between Welles and Joseph Cotten:
It has You-Know-Who’s pen all over it. And the climax in the sewers displays His great, unique visual touch:
Finally, here’s the famed coda.
Note how nonchalantly Martins accepts Anna’s snub. This has the Great One’s DNA all over it…Graham Greene wanted the film to end with Martins and Anna frolicking off together hand-in-hand. Hmm.
