Plot Outline: A Mexican narcotics officer clashes with a corrupt American cop after a car explodes on the border, but complications set in... (more)(view trailer)
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Probably the single most entertaining masterpiece ever made
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Date: 2 May 2000 Summary: Probably the single most entertaining masterpiece ever made
Most movies that are agreed to be masterpieces are usually somber films that
almost take a film class to fully "get," or at least a few viewings. Touch
of Evil is different. It is so entertaining, that I was thinking, "This is
too easy to enjoy to be a masterpiece." It is one of the most exciting and
perfectly written films ever made. The actors are all great, their dialogue
delivered impeccably every second of the film. But then if you do start to
look at this film more closely, it is enormously complex. I did see this
film in a film class, and my professor pointed out many little things
throughout the film. There are so many hidden things around this film, one
has to look very closely. So watch this film dozens of times if need be.
Every time is just as good. And I pray that Criterion will do a version of
this movie, the same way they did the Third Man. Then they need to do
Citizen Kane and the Magnificent Ambersons. Chop chop!
company.
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