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Originally Posted by sadora
You should check out the special edition, titled: restored to Orson Welles' vision. Being the temperamental person that Welles was, he delivered only a rough cut of the movie to the studio who then re-edited and re-shot some parts, making a crappy version of the movie for release. Touch of Evil was finally re-edited in 1998 by Walter Murch, who followed the notes written by Welles in a 58 page memo that he wrote after watching the theatrical release.
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Hell of a pick, sadora!
I'm a huge noir fan, and I ended up with Sunset Blvd. instead for various reasons. I seriously considered ToE and I'm glad someone grabbed it.
Didn't know about the re-edited version. I'll have to check it out.