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Feb 21, 2024autnagrag_0 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
__Don't watch this item.__ It is a great film, really first rate, and this is a very low quality transfer made in a DVD-RECORDER. There is a Criterion edition of this film. Seek it out and watch it instead. This is really dismal to watch.…
Oct 30, 2023
orson's best acting gig? mais oui.
Oct 25, 2023Rom72 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This review pertains to the DVD available from KCLS--not on the merits of the movie. Having just visited the Third Man Museum in Vienna, I was looking forward to watching this film. Unfortunately, the quality of the picture and audio…
Nov 20, 2022
No CC or subtitles.
Sep 17, 2022
This recording offers no close captioning subtitles, so it was impossible for me to watch. Ended up renting it from AppleTV (they had cc, so it’s not like it’s not available or anything, the maker of this dvd just didn’t bother making it…
Aug 09, 20221aa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A great film! The music, the imagery, the plot and the performances were all excellent! I effectively watched three times, and I should like to re-watch it in the future. The two commentary tracks were quite different: the first, by a…
Apr 30, 2022bdehler rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Classic old film that was shot on location in 1948 bombed out Vienna.
Feb 12, 2022
Copy I had was fuzzy, like a bad copy from a video tape from television.
Dec 24, 2021
The copy I took out had horrible audio. We couldn't even understand what Joseph Cotton and Orson Wells were saying. The picture quality was also poor, but at least we could recognize what we were seeing even though we couldn't understand…
Dec 22, 2021Punnoval rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The appeal of this film is all due to the atmosphere - the dank war-torn streets of Vienna accompanied by the famed zither score. The story-line is of minor interest. Lars von Trier has made two variants on this movie - "The Element of…
Apr 21, 2021
avoid the blue ray disc - the sound is awful , dialog incomprehensible and no subtitles . I actually think this is some kind of counterfeit which the library got dinged on - a blot on the Criterion name.
Sep 23, 2020
Annoying zither music throughout.
Jul 24, 2020
Why have this if you won't lend it out. Isn't that the whole reason for your existence.
Apr 26, 2020
Acclaimed 1949 film Austrian
Jan 15, 2020The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
OTHERS HAVE said it all about this atmospheric, suspenseful movie. I just want to point out that Welles makes the greatest entrance in the history of film. Watch the hints of expressions that play over his face. It's a master class in…
Apr 15, 2019SusyHendrix rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A perfect film. The Dutch angles create unease (and don't feel gimmicky, like in BATTLEFIELD EARTH or THOR) and the lighting is pure classic noir. Orson Welles plays one of the greatest characters in cinematic history, making a big…
Jun 05, 2017dissymissylessy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
simply one of the best films ever made. that orson could act, couldn't he. joe cotton, too. and the zither, oh my.
Jun 05, 2017flyfisher88 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Filming is spectacular. Black and White film - shadows, props and actors that can really act with facial expressions that tell a story in itself. Very good movie
Jul 02, 2016
Postwar Vienna, as the world settles and recovers from a devastating war, a new mystery is brewing in the heart of the capital of Austria. The Third Man was a movie that dazzled the stage of 1949 and soon became one of the most famous…
Mar 12, 2016THX11388 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The sound quality was not good on the Bu-Ray version. The music was loud while the dialog seemed to rise and fall in volume for no reason. Some of the dialog was muffled and not decipherable
Jan 20, 2016SunsetBranch rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Let's just find out about human love and loyalty
Dec 05, 2015
A wonderful movie which I have watched several times. Set Vienna in a period shortly after the end of the second world war. The movie takes you back to a time when the allies are still cooperating, while the black market is running…
Nov 28, 2015
Sadly this DVD is out of print, making it impossible for the library to buy new copies. See it while you can, because it is an amazing film!
THUD55
May 19, 2015THUD55 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
wonderful movie. watch the extras if you get that dvd. the music, the dialogue, the scenery and the story make this a must watch movie.
xaipe
May 16, 2015xaipe rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Third Man is my all-time favorite movie. Filmed in moody black & white, with its haunting theme played on a zither, it captures (or I believe it captures) a post-war Vienna like no other film captures the end of an era. I’ve visited…