What to expect
Orson Welles transforms a noir plot into a world of unstable narration and distorted surfaces, culminating in the famous hall-of-mirrors sequence.
How to ease in
Do not demand immediate clarity from every scheme. Follow who offers Michael a role and notice how each elegant setting makes his position less secure.
Heads-up
An Irish sailor enters the orbit of a glamorous woman and her wealthy husband, then finds desire, employment, and murder folding into one another.
A mirror multiplies everyone while making it harder to know where to aim. I like that the final image turns the whole plot’s false versions into physical space.
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A mirror multiplies everyone while making it harder to know where to aim. I like that the final image turns the whole plot’s false versions into physical space.
— Momo
Credits & versions
- Cast
- Rita Hayworth · Orson Welles · Everett Sloane
- Screenplay
- Orson Welles
- Production
- Orson Welles · Columbia Pictures Corp.
- Cinematography
- Charles Lawton Jr.
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