Touch of Evil
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-905674-89-3 (ISBN)
Description
Touch of Evil is as powerful a film as ever. More than fifty years after its original release, and more than a decade after the restoration of Orson Welles' directions, the bravura of this brooding story about rape, racism, corruption, and the US-Mexican drug trade continues to astound and shock. Starring Janet Leigh, Charlton Heston, Marlene Dietrich, and Zsa Zsa Gabor, and featuring the most suspenseful opening shot in film history, Welles' final Hollywood film is the last great statement in film noir. This book chronicles the efforts to reassemble a lost masterpiece and analyzes the enduring cult appeal of a film that has influenced generations of filmmakers.
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Person
Rick Schmidlin is a visiting instructor at the University of British Columbia. He is producer of the restoration of Touch of Eviland has also produced concert films of The Doors and Elvis Presley.