This originally ran in September 2012 as a part of Aaron’s series on 1950s American films. In his introduction of Touch of Evil at the Gene Siskel Film Center, School of the Art Institute professor Fred Camper called the 1950s...
Title: Touch of Evil Year: 1958 Director: Orson Welles Cast: Janet Leigh, Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Victor Millan, Marlene Dietrich, Joseph Cotten Synopsis: Mexican narcotics agent Miguel Vargas is entangled in a case rife with corruption and scandal...
If Da Vinci was right, that art is never finished, only abandoned, it’s little wonder we consider Orson Welles to be perhaps the greatest filmmaker of all time. He firmly completed films count among masterpieces – Citizen Kane, F for...