Welles has, what, maybe ten minutes of face time in this picture yet anyone who sees it remembers it as an Orson Welles film. The greatest actor/director/man of mystery to ever grace stage, screen and radio.
Harry seems to dominate the movie even during the first half of it when Welles's face isn't even shown. While many American commentators give more credit to Welles, I believe a great deal of kudos should go to Carol Reed for masterful directorship. This brings to mind about being the proverbial fly on the wall in which I could have heard the discussion these two artistic geniuses had when they were developing ideas for the movie. It must have been momentous!
Orson Welles understood how being the center of a movie's attention could elevate the actor to new heights even if he is not shown. He told a story about a Broadway play featuring a certain Mr. Woo who was only talked about in the first half. Just before the intermission they finally showed the actor playing Woo; but only his face, and he had no lines. During the intermission Welles overheard several conversations in the theater to the point that, "This actor who plays Woo is so magnificent!" Imagination is a very powerful thing.
One of the great scenes in movie history. In just 3 minutes, you get a perfect encapsulation of Harry Lime's moral character--or lack thereof. Orson Welles really nails it.
For me at least, this is one of the most chilling scenes in the history of motion pictures. It remains a classic statement of the depths of depravity and amorality to which mankind can descend.
"If I offered you £20,000 for every dot that stopped would really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare. Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax." The way he delivered this line gave me chills.
Harry's scheme is killing people, but he doesn't care because he sees himself as above the common man. (Which, because he's in a Ferris Wheel car, he literally is.)
This comment made me look up this clip: The medical bureaucrats for the US gov. watched the movie, "The Third Man" and it inspired them to become Orson Wells character, Harry Lime. Look it up on RUclips: The Third Man 1949 Ferris Wheel Scene 3min. Deeply troubling.. I saw a comment below the video that I must quote, "Harry Lime's dialogue is the perfect encapsulation of 20th century intellectualism." Yup, there's no more larger truths... so you make up little subjective truths as you go along. As in what difference does it make if you dilute life-saving drugs... who's going to know... no matter how many die. (appearance over reality--that's Harry Lime's formula) childrenshealthdefense org/defender/tucker-carlson-interviews-dr-peter-mccullough-covid-treatments/
"In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." This memorable speech was written by Orson Welles, which he once claimed he cribbed from an old Hungarian play.
@Kriszta Boross And Carol Quigley wrote "we (the CFR) can get more accomplished (societal changes) in 5 years of war than we could in 50 years of peace..."
1:02 Panic starts to bubble under Harry's calm facade, followed by some quick strategic thinking and then he collects himself. 15 seconds of brilliant screen acting.
@@RDFspaniard Followed by a track switch as he puts the charm back on and sets about pretending he didn't mean that death threat he issued mere seconds ago. The fact that he honestly seems to think he can trick Holly with that is an early warning of his undoing. He consistently underestimates his old friend throughout the film and seems to think that his past friendship means his sins will always be forgiven regardless of how grievous they may be. That or the idea that Holly may not see the world that way never enters Harry's mind.
O yeah. And it was pure improvisation by Welles. The most famous line of the movie and it wasn 't written by Graham Greene but made up at the spot by Orson Welles, And that s what makes a genius and a great movie.
One of the best scenes from one of the best movies ever. Pure magic. Orson Welles, how he moves, looks, smiles, what he says, the music, Joseph Cotten becoming invisible without special effects...
You were mentioned here: The medical bureaucrats for the US gov. watched the movie, "The Third Man" and it inspired them to become Orson Wells character, Harry Lime. Look it up on RUclips: The Third Man 1949 Ferris Wheel Scene 3min. Deeply troubling.. I saw a comment below the video that I must quote, "Harry Lime's dialogue is the perfect encapsulation of 20th century intellectualism." Yup, there's no more larger truths... so you make up little subjective truths as you go along. As in what difference does it make if you dilute life-saving drugs... who's going to know... no matter how many die. (appearance over reality--that's Harry Lime's formula) childrenshealthdefense org/defender/tucker-carlson-interviews-dr-peter-mccullough-covid-treatments/
First the bribery to stop looking, then the threat, followed by the appeal of friendship, then another attempt at bribery, and finally the rational of big picture thinking. There are so many pivots in this one scene which proves that Harry Lime is one of the most sinister villians in film history!
My favourite actor ever. So natural his scene so short as well but singlehandedly make movie better. He a type of actor that only need to use his facial face to outclass other actor. You can put other actor with more dialogue and still he only need to use his facial face eyes movement and everything.
I just love the way this scene is written and plays out. It's brilliant and suspenseful (when they're both silently thinking about Harry shooting him) and (I know it sounds strange to say) hilarious in its chilling cynicism. Harry Lime is a one of a kind scoundrel.
One of the most chilling scenes of dialogue ever put to screen, Harry defending all his actions as a modern amoral creature having survived the bloodiest half-century of human history. "Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we?"
This has to be Putin's favorite scene. Twenty thousand Russian Rubles per dot. Which he will keep in Euros, dollars, gold in his banks in the land of the voodoo clock.** **Two billion in today's money...
I don't mind admitting that while being a straight man I have had a mancrush on Orson Welles for some time. That said, this is the best movie I have ever seen, better than Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront or Vertigo. The Third Man is the best film I have ever seen.
@@fins2334 They used to be friends back in the day. Now Welles has turned to the dark side for money (big surprise?) while his long time friend Cotten has remained a man of conscious. You have to see it. xo
Heather Johnson thank u again. You alright! Are you a big fan of Citizen Kane as well? I need to brush up on my movie classics. I’m an action film genre guy ( Taken, Expendables, Equilizer, John Wick) lol.
It just dawned on me that Lime’s quote at the end about Italy and the Borgias was absolutely true. If he hadn’t led all those hospital patients to their deaths for his own profit, we wouldn’t have gotten The Third Man!
Isn’t it astonishing how small and claustrophobic those cabins are? I was surprised by their size after seeing them fill the screen in this scene so often.
Orson you lucky dog, you married Rita Hayworth. One of the finest females in Hollywood at that time. I love this movie, it will always have a spot in my library.
I read Orson Welles, I wait for him to appear. Even here, where he has a little screen time, I know it would not been the same with another actor. I love every scene with him in there.
The Indianapolis speech from Jaws, the Tears in the Rain speech from Blade Runner, and this. Masterful. And the whole scene is played by two masterful actors who were close friends in real life. I could watch this a thousand times.
'...What the fellow said's, in Italy for thirty years out with the Borges, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they're 500 years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock! So long Holly!'
Graham Greene captured well the corruption of men,a continuing narrative throughout his books. He was a great writer and sympathetic to the frailty of mankind
Last comment was 5 years ago-pre-pandemic. What we lived through in those five years would not be believed. The evil Harry Lime came to life and wreaked havoc. 😢 Courageous Discourse brought me here.
Graham Greene at his best - similar lines in the Quiet American and in the End of the Affair. He did not produce hunking great tomes of literature but relatively short novels with thought provoking lines on every page.
The premise of Greene's short story, 'The Blue Film', has stuck with me since college all those years ago. I always thought it would serve as the basis for a great contemporary film.
I love how the Power/Leverage in conversation between the two shifts with the physical movement of the Ferris wheel. On the way up, Harry is in control and by the time it gets to the top he opens the door to kill Holly. Then Holly tells him about the grave and on the way down Harry is on the retreat.
One thing I liked about Harry Lime is that he's a genuinely charming guy. He's expounding some very morally repugnant philosophies, but he just seems like a guy you want to get a beer with. If you watched this scene while on mute without context, you probably would've assumed that this scene was Orson Welles trying to cheer up his gloomy friend.
My no 1 film. Welles is super-enigmatic from his first appearance in the shadowy doorway to his iconic ferris wheel " cuckoo clock psychopathy scene....
I've been on it a number of times. Thankfully, you can't open it like he did while it was moving. Oldest working Ferris wheel in the world and located within the oldest amusement park in the world (Prater).
He forgot that the Swiss went one step further than the Italians; they exported their brotherly love on the points of pikes. Just ask the King of Burgundy what he made of it XD
Harry Lime is a textbook psychopath. He has an unusually high IQ, (hence his talent in repairing objects) a super charming personality and an eloquent tongue but when the mask finally comes off, it’s as scary as hell.
To me one of the great examples of that is after Holly reveals the authorities have dug up his coffin and know he's still alive. Despite JUST threatening to kill Holly mere moments ago, you can see him put the charming affable mask back on as if nothing at all had happened as he goes back to trying to manipulate Holly. He think Holly is dumber than him and loyal to a fault, so he imagines that if he re-engages the charm he can still steer his 'old friend' in the direction he wants him to go.
@@UglyChileanDoorman True, but Greene based the character on Philby, with whom he had been close friends all through the war. In fact Greene also took the trouble to travel to Russia to visit him after the defection.
It's crazy how sinister a character could actually be with only about 5 mins of total screen time throughout the entire movie!!!!! Genius , maybe pure merciless , malevolent genius but still genius nonetheless 👏
A near perfect film, and a personal favorite. I watched it again last night for the umpteenth time. If the plot has one flaw, it’s that Holly asks Propesco about Harbin LONG BEFORE Calloway tells Holly who Harbin was. How Holly would have come to hear of Harbin is never explained, though I suspect this is due to a script rewrite. Recall that the earliest mention of Harbin is when Calloway questions Anna about him. This scene occurs prior to Holly questioning Propesco about Harbin. My suspicion is that this earlier scene was originally written to include Calloway and Holly (rather than Anna). The subsequent question by Holly to Propesco would thus make more sense.
I have seen most of Orson Welles' movies, but have never thought until I just re-watched this scene that he bears a more than passing resemblance to Bob Hope.
Welles has, what, maybe ten minutes of face time in this picture yet anyone who sees it remembers it as an Orson Welles film. The greatest actor/director/man of mystery to ever grace stage, screen and radio.
Harry seems to dominate the movie even during the first half of it when Welles's face isn't even shown. While many American commentators give more credit to Welles, I believe a great deal of kudos should go to Carol Reed for masterful directorship. This brings to mind about being the proverbial fly on the wall in which I could have heard the discussion these two artistic geniuses had when they were developing ideas for the movie. It must have been momentous!
Add "writer" to your list.
Orson Welles understood how being the center of a movie's attention could elevate the actor to new heights even if he is not shown. He told a story about a Broadway play featuring a certain Mr. Woo who was only talked about in the first half. Just before the intermission they finally showed the actor playing Woo; but only his face, and he had no lines. During the intermission Welles overheard several conversations in the theater to the point that, "This actor who plays Woo is so magnificent!"
Imagination is a very powerful thing.
Well, there were others. But Welles one of them - for sure.
Also why they created a whole radio show based on Harry Lime. He was a very talented fellow.
One of the great scenes in movie history. In just 3 minutes, you get a perfect encapsulation of Harry Lime's moral character--or lack thereof. Orson Welles really nails it.
this is a movie about 1947. nöt yer avg pitifööl mörälly müveece xD
For me at least, this is one of the most chilling scenes in the history of motion pictures. It remains a classic statement of the depths of depravity and amorality to which mankind can descend.
Incredibile. A piece of playing like this Is not inferior than an italian Renaissance masterpiece. Art is art
@@alessandrocaboni5882 and he wasn t even telling the truth historicallt. Did it in a way Harry Lime would do it. Perfect.
@@normadesmond6017 insuperabile. This is Genius, pure genius
"If I offered you £20,000 for every dot that stopped would really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare. Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax."
The way he delivered this line gave me chills.
Like the way corporations refer to people as "resources". I'll believe that corporations are people when Texas executes one.
how many could you affort ?
It's the point where Harry truly solidifies himself as a villain...
Harry's scheme is killing people, but he doesn't care because he sees himself as above the common man. (Which, because he's in a Ferris Wheel car, he literally is.)
This comment made me look up this clip:
The medical bureaucrats for the US gov. watched the movie, "The Third Man" and it inspired them to become Orson Wells character, Harry Lime.
Look it up on RUclips: The Third Man 1949 Ferris Wheel Scene 3min.
Deeply troubling..
I saw a comment below the video that I must quote, "Harry Lime's dialogue is the perfect encapsulation of 20th century intellectualism."
Yup, there's no more larger truths... so you make up little subjective truths as you go along. As in what difference does it make if you dilute life-saving drugs... who's going to know... no matter how many die. (appearance over reality--that's Harry Lime's formula)
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"In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." This memorable speech was written by Orson Welles, which he once claimed he cribbed from an old Hungarian play.
Actually cribbed from James Abbott McN. Whistler, the painter
@Kriszta Boross And Carol Quigley wrote "we (the CFR) can get more accomplished (societal changes) in 5 years of war than we could in 50 years of peace..."
I’ve also been told that the cuckoo clock is not a Swiss invention, but rather a Bavarian one.
@@Peter86H No doubt, by a Bavarian!
It's a great little speech, but what really sells it is the delivery.
I really love how this film took itself a step above mere mystery genre by integrating a complex theme of friendship vs morality. Such a great movie!
Another major theme in the film is loyalty and what cost it might involve.
One of the most memorable final end scenes I've seen.
The film begins with a funeral and ends with a funeral for the same person.
1:02 Panic starts to bubble under Harry's calm facade, followed by some quick strategic thinking and then he collects himself. 15 seconds of brilliant screen acting.
The moment he decides it's not in his best interest to murder him right there.
@@RDFspaniard Followed by a track switch as he puts the charm back on and sets about pretending he didn't mean that death threat he issued mere seconds ago.
The fact that he honestly seems to think he can trick Holly with that is an early warning of his undoing. He consistently underestimates his old friend throughout the film and seems to think that his past friendship means his sins will always be forgiven regardless of how grievous they may be. That or the idea that Holly may not see the world that way never enters Harry's mind.
whenever Orson Welles was in a movie for 5 minutes - those were the scenes you'd remember. And that's greatness.....
one of the greatest movies ever made. script,acting, photography incredible
Lighting, too.
Orson Welles goes through so many emotions from 1:04 - 1:17 -- an amazing performance!!!
Yeah - he channels Bob Hope at about 1:15
I love when Joseph Cotten says "They dug up your coffin." The way Welles reacts, it's like he's never heard the line before, and you really feel it.
" And what did that produce ? the cuckoo clock "---- Wow ! what a great line , used it my self as a parting shot a couple of times .
Yes. Could not agree more. A classic
I don’t quite fully understand the like can someone explain
An iconic line, but very wrong. Cuckoo clocks are not a product of the Swiss at all; they are entirely a product of Germany.
O yeah. And it was pure improvisation by Welles. The most famous line of the movie and it wasn
't written by Graham Greene but made up at the spot by Orson Welles, And that s what makes a genius and a great movie.
Theon Greyjoy ah I see thanks
One of the best scenes from one of the best movies ever. Pure magic. Orson Welles, how he moves, looks, smiles, what he says, the music, Joseph Cotten becoming invisible without special effects...
The cinematography cannot be eclipsed. Whoever did the lighting deserves a damn monument.
Harry Lime's dialogue is the perfect encapsulation of 20th century intellectualism.
You were mentioned here:
The medical bureaucrats for the US gov. watched the movie, "The Third Man" and it inspired them to become Orson Wells character, Harry Lime.
Look it up on RUclips: The Third Man 1949 Ferris Wheel Scene 3min.
Deeply troubling..
I saw a comment below the video that I must quote, "Harry Lime's dialogue is the perfect encapsulation of 20th century intellectualism."
Yup, there's no more larger truths... so you make up little subjective truths as you go along. As in what difference does it make if you dilute life-saving drugs... who's going to know... no matter how many die. (appearance over reality--that's Harry Lime's formula)
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First the bribery to stop looking, then the threat, followed by the appeal of friendship, then another attempt at bribery, and finally the rational of big picture thinking. There are so many pivots in this one scene which proves that Harry Lime is one of the most sinister villians in film history!
Best villain and one of the best scenes of all times. Goosebumps.
Yup, of all times. Chapeau to both of them.
Along with the 'Taxi Cab Scene' from On the Waterfront, this is the greatest scene in movie history. Thanks, so much, for posting for us.
My favourite actor ever. So natural his scene so short as well but singlehandedly make movie better. He a type of actor that only need to use his facial face to outclass other actor. You can put other actor with more dialogue and still he only need to use his facial face eyes movement and everything.
probably my favourite scene in the history of cinema
A most excellent example of moral perspective. So softly put and yet it hits like a sledge hammer.
greatest film ever made in my opinion - heart breaking and devastating - the end of innocence for poor Holly
I just love the way this scene is written and plays out. It's brilliant and suspenseful (when they're both silently thinking about Harry shooting him) and (I know it sounds strange to say) hilarious in its chilling cynicism. Harry Lime is a one of a kind scoundrel.
Big shout out to my community college professor showing us this epic film Orson is the ultimate goat of acting.
One of the most chilling scenes of dialogue ever put to screen, Harry defending all his actions as a modern amoral creature having survived the bloodiest half-century of human history.
"Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we?"
What an astonishing performance.
Remarkable. It's nice to balance epic lightsaber battles with this kind of heady acting sometimes. Love it.
Thanks, been trying to find this scene all over RUclips
Wow! Suddenly I remember why I loved this movie so much. It wasn't as much the plot as the dialogue and acting! Incredible feel to it!
exactly. The story/plot is very thin but its tremendously well acted and shot film. Very iconic
Great great great acting actors and movie with the cherry of Welles genius on top
What a charming veneer evil has
This has to be Putin's favorite scene.
Twenty thousand Russian Rubles per dot. Which he will keep in Euros, dollars, gold in his banks in the land of the voodoo clock.**
**Two billion in today's money...
A brilliant piece of cinema!!!
Thanks , my favorite lines from “The Third Man”. Hugh Welles fan.
the greatest 3 minutes of dialogue in film history
Jack MCCoy from Law and order brought me here today. Great scene
DJ Tech12zz lmao. Me too
DJ Tech12zz I love me some Jack McCoy. Seen every episode. Moriorty was fine as well.
i’m here because Jack McCoy brought me here too....
And it was on again today. ;)
I don't mind admitting that while being a straight man I have had a mancrush on Orson Welles for some time. That said, this is the best movie I have ever seen, better than Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront or Vertigo. The Third Man is the best film I have ever seen.
It’s b/c he’s so damn charismatic and captivating lol. One of the absolute greats for sure.
I watch this film for three things only: the haunting soundtrack, the cinematography, and Orson Welles. All three brilliant.
One of my favorite films. Love every thing made by and/or starring Orson Welles . I also had a little crush on Joseph Cotten!
Heather Johnson I haven’t seen this movie yet so why does Welles call him Ole Man?
@@fins2334 I think it was an other way of saying "old friend" as they used to be pals,
Heather Johnson well thank you 👍🏼
@@fins2334 They used to be friends back in the day. Now Welles has turned to the dark side for money (big surprise?) while his long time friend Cotten has remained a man of conscious. You have to see it. xo
Heather Johnson thank u again. You alright! Are you a big fan of Citizen Kane as well? I need to brush up on my movie classics. I’m an action film genre guy ( Taken, Expendables, Equilizer, John Wick) lol.
It just dawned on me that Lime’s quote at the end about Italy and the Borgias was absolutely true. If he hadn’t led all those hospital patients to their deaths for his own profit, we wouldn’t have gotten The Third Man!
I rode that Ferris wheel March 11th 2020. It was basically the only thing in Vienna open to tourists.
Isn’t it astonishing how small and claustrophobic those cabins are? I was surprised by their size after seeing them fill the screen in this scene so often.
I rode the wheel in 2019 AND read this part of the book while going round. Eerie !
Orson you lucky dog, you married Rita Hayworth. One of the finest females in Hollywood at that time. I love this movie, it will always have a spot in my library.
Yeah. And treaded her like crap. Some guy…..
Just got back from a special screening of this movie at the Texas theater I enjoyed this scene
I read Orson Welles, I wait for him to appear. Even here, where he has a little screen time, I know it would not been the same with another actor. I love every scene with him in there.
The Indianapolis speech from Jaws, the Tears in the Rain speech from Blade Runner, and this. Masterful. And the whole scene is played by two masterful actors who were close friends in real life. I could watch this a thousand times.
'...What the fellow said's, in Italy for thirty years out with the Borges, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they're 500 years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock!
So long Holly!'
They managed to characterize Lime in literally a single line. That line basically exploits his motivations behind everything. Chaos brings progress.
Graham Greene captured well the corruption of men,a continuing narrative throughout his books. He was a great writer and sympathetic to the frailty of mankind
I saw this movie for the first time in the theater in 2011.
It was amazing!!!
Last comment was 5 years ago-pre-pandemic. What we lived through in those five years would not be believed. The evil Harry Lime came to life and wreaked havoc. 😢
Courageous Discourse brought me here.
This scene has not been that far from my mind for the last 3 years.
Graham Greene at his best - similar lines in the Quiet American and in the End of the Affair. He did not produce hunking great tomes of literature but relatively short novels with thought provoking lines on every page.
Greene actually said that the last lines about Switzerland were written by Welles himself.
"The End of the Affair" is the boringest book I've ever read.
The premise of Greene's short story, 'The Blue Film', has stuck with me since college all those years ago. I always thought it would serve as the basis for a great contemporary film.
@@kushanshah8040 "Written by," or ad-libbed?
cinematography in this movie is beautifull
So long, Holly
Maybe the greatest movie villain of that era. He perfectly represents the moral depravity and cynicism of life during wartime.
Also of our era!!! i haven't seen yet any actor matching Orson's talent or charisma
I love how the Power/Leverage in conversation between the two shifts with the physical movement of the Ferris wheel. On the way up, Harry is in control and by the time it gets to the top he opens the door to kill Holly. Then Holly tells him about the grave and on the way down Harry is on the retreat.
One thing I liked about Harry Lime is that he's a genuinely charming guy. He's expounding some very morally repugnant philosophies, but he just seems like a guy you want to get a beer with. If you watched this scene while on mute without context, you probably would've assumed that this scene was Orson Welles trying to cheer up his gloomy friend.
Orson was pure Genius
This acting seems so modern compared to other movies from the 40s. Orson was pretty good.
Have clip Thank you for posting
Orson welles was a class act. A total visionary and years ahead of his time
And now, I'm having Pinky and the Brain flashbacks.
I think one of those dots is waving at us!
0:43 absolutely creepy face. Welles was perfect
when he taps his fingers on the glass w the name, Anna...wow. that is some good writing and good film
just watched it....wow!
a superb portrayal of amorality, or of a man struggling to keep morality at bay
1:02 Notice how he closes his coat. Harry was reaching for his gun when Holly told him. He was going to do it.
It’s why Harry opens the cabin door, a sociopath preparing to murder his childhood friend in case the temptation of all that money doesn’t take.
@@michaeljames4904 Who is Anna?
Harry's lover.
My no 1 film. Welles is super-enigmatic from his first appearance in the shadowy doorway to his iconic ferris wheel " cuckoo clock psychopathy scene....
What an indelible scene. Usually there is one great line in a scene like this. But here you had two, both by Welles.
That closing speech about Italy and Switzerland was written by Welles himself.
charisma is in here
That Ferris wheel is still in Vienna. I have seen it when I was there (but did not ride it).
I've been on it a number of times. Thankfully, you can't open it like he did while it was moving. Oldest working Ferris wheel in the world and located within the oldest amusement park in the world (Prater).
He forgot that the Swiss went one step further than the Italians; they exported their brotherly love on the points of pikes. Just ask the King of Burgundy what he made of it XD
Swiss mercs hah
Harry Lime is a textbook psychopath. He has an unusually high IQ, (hence his talent in repairing objects) a super charming personality and an eloquent tongue but when the mask finally comes off, it’s as scary as hell.
To me one of the great examples of that is after Holly reveals the authorities have dug up his coffin and know he's still alive.
Despite JUST threatening to kill Holly mere moments ago, you can see him put the charming affable mask back on as if nothing at all had happened as he goes back to trying to manipulate Holly.
He think Holly is dumber than him and loyal to a fault, so he imagines that if he re-engages the charm he can still steer his 'old friend' in the direction he wants him to go.
''And what did that produce''????............... Roger Federer- The record holder of most grand slams won in tennis ;)
I love the Gösser bier ad. I been to the Prater is nice.
I stood up & clapped the 1st time I saw this scene it was electrifying
And i'm the one who yelled "shut the fuck up & sit down!".
Why Theory brought me here, thanks Todd
One of two great thrillers that emerged from the whole Philby mess, the other being the later, and very different, "The Ipcress File."
"The Third Man" came out in 1949. Philby first came under suspicion with the defections of Burgess and Maclean in 1951.
@@UglyChileanDoorman True, but Greene based the character on Philby, with whom he had been close friends all through the war. In fact Greene also took the trouble to travel to Russia to visit him after the defection.
My Austrian blood adores this film 😎👍🇦🇹
It's crazy how sinister a character could actually be with only about 5 mins of total screen time throughout the entire movie!!!!! Genius , maybe pure merciless , malevolent genius but still genius nonetheless 👏
The dead are happier dead
not true
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The dead are sleeping
@@VixxKong2 They are dust, forever.
Good summary of How the oligarchy view us dots numbers on a spreadsheet
A near perfect film, and a personal favorite. I watched it again last night for the umpteenth time. If the plot has one flaw, it’s that Holly asks Propesco about Harbin LONG BEFORE Calloway tells Holly who Harbin was. How Holly would have come to hear of Harbin is never explained, though I suspect this is due to a script rewrite. Recall that the earliest mention of Harbin is when Calloway questions Anna about him. This scene occurs prior to Holly questioning Propesco about Harbin. My suspicion is that this earlier scene was originally written to include Calloway and Holly (rather than Anna). The subsequent question by Holly to Propesco would thus make more sense.
My favourite scene in any movie.
Personally, says a lot that such is Welles, his presence, that he is remembered for this in spite of a handful of minutes of screen time.
Anyone else find this clip after watching the Law and Order episode where Jack McCoy convicts a man after recounting this scene?
such a great scene
Law & order episode
brought me here
When you're so good at acting that you make a flawless performance from Cotten to look like bad acting.
Welles and Hitchcock were the titans of cinema in the 20th century.
I agree. But Kubrick deserves to join them.
@@paulbaran549 I buy that. Ok, agreed. Welles, Hitchcock and Kubrick.
It's shocking that more people aren't aware of this old footage of Paul Ryan.
Michael Irvine LOL...yeah...
Just what I was thinking.
This scene should apply to every politician no matter what party they belong to.
not to mention the film score *****
I watched this after a law and order episode
me too
Russell Westbrook same, sounded much better in law and order though.
That episode just aired on Ion. McCoy sure made one hell of a case using this scene!
@@swagen1107 The Ferengi came close...
@@albertannationalist Honestly, I couldn't believe they referrenced this in Deep Space 9. Didn't see that one coming.
This scene even got recognition on the television show Law And Order , season 15 episode 14 " Fluency . "
Masterpiece film.
12-29-23: I came here from watching a rerun of L & O courtroom scene mentioning this scene. Very touching, both.
perfect film
Collective film, from the old school, within that era, the test of time.
I have seen most of Orson Welles' movies, but have never thought until I just re-watched this scene that he bears a more than passing resemblance to Bob Hope.
He was funnier too and did it without scores of joke writers.
Welles sounds like a cross between Kelsey Grammar & John Hillerman...or rather, they sound like him!
Chaos=creativity
Peace=coo coo clock
From what I remember they're always talking about charming and fun to be with but they can't actually say anything about him as a person.