Touch of evil / Richard Deming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deming, Richard, 1970- author.

Series:

BFI film classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Touch of evil (Motion picture).

Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery films.

Crime films--History and criticism.

Crime films.

Film noir--History and criticism.

Film noir.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 91 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2020.

Summary:

"Orson Welles' classic 1958 noir movie Touch of Evil, the story of a corrupt police chief in a small town on the Mexican-American border, starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Marlene Dietrich, is widely recognised as one of the greatest noir films of Classical Hollywood cinema. Richard Deming's study of the film considers it as an outstanding example of the noir genre and explores its complex relationship to its source novel, Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. He traces the film's production history, and provides an insightful close analysis of its key scenes, including its famous opening sequence, a single take in which the camera follows a booby-trapped car on its journey through city streets and across the border"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: Touching back on Touch of evil

Noir's epitaph

Filming evil

'What you say about people'

Losing Touch

Notes

Credits

Bibliography and additional reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91).

ISBN:

9781844579495

1844579492

OCLC:

1144753071