Imagine if they had put Kevin Spacey’s name and image on the poster for Seven? Would kind of take away from the mystery, yes?

The worst though for me is still the star salad all over the poster for Thin Red Line even though most of them do nothing and Clooney isn’t there until the last 5 minutes.

Where did I ever say Welles directed it?

Third Man is directed by Carol Reed.

The movie is just plain shallow. If Star Trek had nothing to chew on but popcorn, the Third Man has nothing to chew on but scenery.

Yup, one of the all time “greats”, Roger Ebert’s favorite movie which he has seen over 50 times, has great shot after great shot, and a decent but overhyped monologue, but otherwise is not that mysterious, not at all thrilling, with bland dialogue and an idiotic main character in Holly who I couldn’t think less of. Meh.

I hate it when certain great looking old films get added to these all time lists simply by virtue of being great looking and old, when their story isn’t even better than most lame thrillers that get put out today. Noir movies like Double Indemnity and M aren’t just good for their time, they are just plain good and actually thrilling, at best the Third Man is merely good for its time.

And I hate that with this and Othello, I’ve now seen two Orson Welles “classics” in a row where I was rooting against the main character.

I need to try to catch The Wages of Fear again. I wasn’t all that impressed by it the first time around. Too much testosterone, maybe? I liked Les Diaboliques better.

Henrik, heh, I was a bit surprised to see Spielberg, too. He’s a little outside of TCM’s usual range. But if they’re doing this for all of June, they have to find 30 directors whose films they have the rights to, I guess. On Stagecoach, I’ll have to put it down for a rewatch, too. I mostly remember the character interactions, but it is a John Ford film, so I’m sure the action sequences are amazing as well.

Thurs June 4th Nights of Cabiria!!!! Fellini’s finest film, people watch this!

Sucks that Arsenic and Old Lace is on at 2:30am! I’m dying to rewatch that.

All Bergmans movies are Must-Sees. And the most memorable part of Stagecoach is the mindblowing action sequences, not the characters. John Wayne rules the screen in that one.