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As Orson Welles knew, border towns are spiced with a touch of evil. They are nebulous nether regions where allegiances are shady and the rules change within the space of a dozen yards. Tex-Mex, the cuisine born of that uneasy schizophrenia, retains some of the intrigue of its homeland...
And somehow Touch of Evil offers even more after those historic first three min- utes. Welles capitalizes on the B-movie budgetand fuses his technical limitations with thestory, creating a cohesive alienation. Combiningthe distortion of an 18.5 mm lens, the dizzyingdiscomfort of handheld cameras, the high contrastimages of low lighting...
The film's steady injection of 1958's versionof deviant sex, drug use and rock and roll furtherprovokes the dirty feelings of disgust. Thesethreats to the blissful uniformity of Americanpost-war culture, being perhaps more immediate tothe general audience, elicit the gut response thatthen highlights the more latent tension presentedby...
The uncanny ability to convey alienation,injustice and disempowerment undoubtedly hassomething to do with Welles own experiencesattempting to work within Hollywood. After aseries of commercial failures, Orson Welles exiledhimself to Europe for 10 years. Having areputation for being difficult and often goingoverbudget, Hollywood was not terribly excitedabout his return to...
Forty years later and Citizen Kane hitsthe top of the AFI 100 charts. Universal Studiosheadlines its Universal Noir tour with a restoredversion of the famed director's film, Touch ofEvil, and the accompanying blurb: "'UniversalNoir' is the first of what Universal Studios hopeswill be an on-going series of classic...