{"product_id":"touch-of-evil","title":"Touch of Evil","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Welles is by consensus one of the most talented directors who ever worked in Hollywood, and this flamboyant film - a 1958 exploration of the thriller form - is one of his greatest achievements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Comito's introduction considers the film's relation to the tradition of film noir and demonstrates how Welles's mastery of cinematic language transforms the materials of a routine thriller into a work that is at once a sardonic examination of the dark side of sexuality, an elegiac rumination on the loss of innocence, and a disquieting assault on the viewer's own moral and ascetic certainties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Other contextual materials in the book include a biographical sketch of Welles; an important interview with Welles by Andre Bazin, Charles Bitsch, and Jean Domarchi, available here for the first time in English; an interview with Charlton Heston on the making of the film; representative reviews; critical essays by William Johnson, Jean Collett (translated especially for this book), Stephen Heath; an analysis of the relation of the complete film to Welles's recently discovered shooting script; and filmography and bibliography. The continuity script collates the two available versions of \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and provides an invaluable, shot-by-shot guide through the visual and audio complexities of Welles's masterpiece.  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edited by Terry Comito","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574260826294,"sku":"9780813510972","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780813510972_c614371a-ed8a-4f7e-b14d-7329b887b73b.jpg?v=1734619104","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/touch-of-evil","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}