Touch of Evil | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis & critique of Touch of Evil.

Touch of Evil | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis & critique of Touch of Evil.
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Elaborate in style and provocative in essence, Touch of Evil affirms the Orson Welles flair, which many have imitated but hardly any have equalled. As auteur and actor he dominates this film, matching his own richly eccentric characterisation of Hank Quinlan to a bold display of enthusiasm for the conjuring tricks of cinema….

Because it was ten years since Welles had directed a film in his native America, Touch of Evil (1958) was a defiant comeback. Having been ahead of his time before, he seemed resolved to maintain the pace, even though Hollywood had progressed a tolerable way along the ambitious paths he indicated in his challenge of the 1940s: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Lady from Shanghai. If these were deemed idiosyncratic, Touch of Evil would be more so. (p. 28)

There is decidedly a moral core to Touch of Evil, couched within a first-rate thriller...

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