tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post9164484321571393356..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: David Thomson on The Third Man-an ironic take on bad guysEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-70552768282489466942011-10-17T02:57:23.330-07:002011-10-17T02:57:23.330-07:00"The Third Man" is definitely one of my ..."The Third Man" is definitely one of my all-time favourite films. I usually watch it at least twice a year; often in January when the Scottish climate mirrors the Vienna of the film (all too often I'm afraid). The film version of "Road to Perdition" also does this pretty well.<br />Greene was apparently a little annoyed that Welles added in the "cuckoo clock speech" impromptu to help the pacing of the scene. Most people love it - with the exception of the Swiss. One of them wrote to Welles to say that the cuckoo clock is a German invention.Bill Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528325646556108216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-73613758435299360392011-10-14T20:56:49.703-07:002011-10-14T20:56:49.703-07:00I think I have the entire set of The Third Man rad...I think I have the entire set of The Third Man radio show, and I like it, but it is indeed watered down and I don't even think of the Harry in the show as being the Harry in the movie. The characters are that far apart from each other.<br /><br />However, here's a tidbit for you: There was a Lime episode that involved the fleecing of a fellow by setting up a phony horse racing event that ended in a misplaced bet and screaming and gunfire and it all went according to plan until...well, you know. Harry never could complete a scam and always escaped with the shirt on his back. <br /><br />Flash forward a handful of years later and a movie called THE STING (maybe you saw it) uses the exact same routine. I saw THE STING for the first time recently and knew the ending even before it happened because the writers changed NOTHING. The question is, did the movie writers write the radio show and simply recycled what was technically already theirs, or did the movie writers steal from the radio writers and nobody ever found out?Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-43013695111585627522011-10-14T14:20:00.903-07:002011-10-14T14:20:00.903-07:00The radio show crops up on XM now and then. It...The radio show crops up on XM now and then. It's pretty entertaining, though certainly not in the league with the film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com