Pros: Welles, Sloane,Anders and Hayworth. Incredible camera work Cons: Editing that translated into pacing problems, and the music.
This movie can only be viewed as a flawed masterpiece. As it is, it has got to be better than 95% of the drivel that issues from Hollywood these days. It may be worth your time to see a little vintage Welles.
Pros: Peek into a time 50 years ago, learn about film noir Cons: Can be boring, requires thought and effort, complex
Filmed in 1948, “Lady From Shanghai” was written, directed and produced by the famous Orson Welles (Citizen Kane ring a bell?). Not only that, but Rita Hayworth played the main female character, opposite.. Orson Welles himself. The two were married at...
Pros: Some brilliant scenes and performances. A dark, apocalyptic piece of surrealism. Cons: "Criminal" cuts -- therefore disjointed continuity; an adequate, pedestrian musical score.
Whatever fan magazine myth swirled around him in 1948, when handsome 31 year-old Orson Welles came to write, direct, and star in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI with his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, he was, in truth, a bitter man. He had much to be bitter...
Pros: Visually stunning; fine performances Cons: At times butchered beyond comprehension
The post-mortem re-evaluation of Orson Welles' filmography has taken us down many a tenebrous corridor (Mr. Arkadin, The Trial), but the latest work from the great to find embrace in the arms of his enthusiasts was a big studio thing made in good...
Pros: Welles, Hayworth, Anders, Sloane, but most of all The Camera Cons: Not as well known as it should be
Orson Welles is known as the director of a handful of truly great films: Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch Of Evil, and The Trial. However, the film which may be his best is little remembered, and little discussed.
I have always loved Orson Welles as one of the great directors and actors of this generation, and The Lady of Shanghai has all the elements of one of the classic whodunit masterpieces in cinematic history. Welles underplays his role in a masterful,...
Complexly woven, offbeat mystery concerning Irish sailor and faked murder plot. Fans of cerebral, deliberately plotted mysteries love this classic. Da...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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