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Uh, you focused American citizens?
I am yes? Where were you born?

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This? Miss? What? Philadelphia? The name is Vargus? Here

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in jail? See who's here?
Sure, mister Vargus, I'm in the

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trail of another dope ring, not
in the trail of a chocolate soda from

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my wife. Your wife darely a
bride officer? Hey? Can I get

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through lot to talk up here about
how you crack that brandy business? Why

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here you caught the big boats?
Only one of them? The Grandies are

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a big family. Good night,
no purchases, mister Legy, Hey,

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I do American citizens? My goodness? Chicking noise? Okay, the noise

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in my head? Why do you
realize this the very first time we've been

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together in my country? Do you
realize I haven't kissed you over that my

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thought nose? Like? What happened
that car that just passed has exploded?

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I don't know. I'll have to
try to find us. You'd better not

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come in exclose. We'll have to
post before Minnesota. I'm afraid i'd like

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guy Susie, please be careful.
Starting with this sprawling, impeccable tracking shot

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that comes in at over four minutes, and it concludes with dialogue and a

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car exploding. We are brought into
one of the highest regarded film noirs in

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cinema history. This film is from
nineteen fifty eight and it is directed by

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Orson Wells. Following ten years away
in Europe, I present to you Touch

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of Evil. The film stars Wells
as corrupt cop Hank Quinlan, who is

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investigating the car bomb explosion that kills
a man and his stripper girlfriend. His

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plans in getting a corrupt conviction are
thwarted by Special Prosecutor Miguel Vargas played by

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Charlton Heston and his newlywed American wife
Susy played by Starlit Janet Lee. The

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conflict between Quinlan and Vargas takes center
stage early. Quinlan is highly regarded by

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people in the area for his high
conviction rate that is obtained by dubious means.

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Right away, we can see here
and feel the tension between the quote

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unquote do gooder that is Vargas and
the corrupt Quinn. Our first scene is

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the first encounter that two have with
each other. Then, in the second

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scene, where Vargas confronts Quinlan over
planting evidence to secure a confession, and

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hopeful conviction on a man that is
secretly married the male victim's daughter. Really

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pay attention to the tension in the
first scene and how they interact with each

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other. In the second scene,
Vargas becomes more apt at butting heads with

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Quinlan and doesn't have fear of him. In the second scene. We should

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also tell you about my wife's wife. It was accusted in the street a

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little while ago, and let across
to some dive on your side of the

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border. Vargas family seems been getting
into quite a lot of trouble tonight.

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Can you describe this man? First? One scene? Good looking man,

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not exactly exactly sis. She was
taking to starve by force? Not by

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force. No one of the grandees
was their weak, short, fat with

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a mustache description. I haven't run
into him. What they call him uncle

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Joe? That's right? Go on? What do you mean? Go on?

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I told you what happened. Aren't
you going to do something about it?

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I'm making a charge. You could
ask a writer, is that police

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procedure in Mexico? Proceed? Say
your wife was a not say she was

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just saying she was molested, physically
molested. No was obsive language I do

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think explaining the fact that your wife
allowed herself to be picked up by it

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was a good picked up. Now, Hank, I think we're getting off

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on the wrong tack here. And
this good lucky young man was a friend

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of her, obviously not you wouldn't
call that getting picture from now. We

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mustn't forget, must be that mister
Vargas is not gonna witness stand. Hank's

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a born lawyer. You know,
lawyer, I know lawyer or a lawyer

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cares about it, the law.
And you are a policeman, aren't you.

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You don't seem very fond of the
job, bloody of soldiers who don't

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like war. It's a dirty job
forcing the law, but it's what we're

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supposed to be doing. Is and
I don't know about you. On a

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murderers loose, I'm supposed to catch
him, ryll Pete. Let's get back

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to civilization. Let's go, don
You gotta get some rest, a chance

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of that. They got to be
dead. And now the second scene,

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what is it found? What partner? Come here along? I don't even

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know this sencious all right, boy
boy, come in here now in English?

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Just how much dynamite was that you
stole. What good did you to

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tell you that I've never seen any
Don Linaker. He did all he could

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to keep you away from his daughter, but she stances and haired a million

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bucks, so naturally you just moved
in. Marti and I were married secretly

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million bucks. Ain't no secret about
that. God's candy changes. Well,

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why don't you let up for a
man? Got yourself this highway? Olcome

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to the explosive's been in store?
Ten sticks a dynamo. No, well,

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I has done it again. He's
nailed this man thanks to you.

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Pardon me. The dynamite had been
a snake there in the battle, but

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it would have been its chief.
Cool and I'd keep you in forum bargains.

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So I'm doing it. This is
it. We broke in the case.

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Rudy Lineker was blown up with eight
sticks of dynamite and Sans stole ten.

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That leaves two and we found them
both. You heard that, boy,

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We found the dynamite. That's impost
on. We found two sticks like

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fox right number? Where did you
find this? Right here? And your

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love? Were you at the stash? Of course? What are you trying

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to do? Trying to strap you
to the electric chair. We don't like

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it when innocent people are blown to
jelly in our town. There's no lady

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on main street. Last night,
I picked up a shoe. Shoe had

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a foot in it. We're gonna
make you pay for them. They're trying

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to railroad me. I don't know
why. I never stole any dynamite,

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so you know, sending Hindu for
all good mother, He swears on his

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mother's grave that there has never been
any dynamite in this apartment. Sure,

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sure, take him in, book
him, let's go. You say you

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found this dynamite their bathroom, Pete
found it. Can't you do something to

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help me? What are you scared
of? That stuff is nearly as easy

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to blow up as people seem to
think. It doesn't go off quick.

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You found the dynamite in this box? Yeah, he founded towards you.

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Then I'm capting. I looked in
that box just now. There wasn't anything

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there. I know you feel You'm
sure I do you people are touchy.

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It's film You Are is known for
its plot twists and turns. These turns

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are often loaded with gross betrayal.
We are left wondering at the end of

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the film, did anyone have intentions
without ulterior motives. This film carries that

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theory to the next level, even
when seemingly detached from the wicked ways.

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Within the world of this film,
the characters go into the dark recesses of

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their minds and souls, and generally
it is under the guise in belief the

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end justify the means. Next,
we will hear Quinlan implicate Vargas's wife for

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a drug induced murder. The truth
is she has been taken to a remote

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hotel for her protection, but unbeknownst
to her husband, the hotel is owned

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by Joe Grandi, the brother of
a major narcoticstealer that Vargas has put away.

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They use this to terrorize her and
drug her. This sets up Quinland

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starting to lose his grip on the
corrupt world he helped cultivate by murdering Grandy

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and setting up Susie for the crime. What Vargas's wife an narcotic scramp oh

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One of the boys that was on
this wild party game of the Buzzy I

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just really add to the vice boys
is Anonymous, the hotel rich room mate.

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Anyway, I had things got a
lot of control. Don't be surprised

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what they find. Well, what
about me? H? What do I

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do? He buy them? Break
him, bake him, put up the

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phone. Let's see what you got
the key? Talk to you about you

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up here for a reason? God
right now? No nything? Just don't

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no you real west h m hm
hm oh no DoD really dead you no

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m As with any noir film,
there has to be a climactic ending touch

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of evil. Certainly delivers that as
Vargas and Quinland meet for a final showdown.

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In this scene. Notice how Quinland, despite being figured out, despite

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being at the end of the road, refuses to back down. He has

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been defeated. His corrupt reign is
over, but yet he is still defiant

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in the face of law in order
that is represented by Vargas well, Captain,

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I'm afraid this is finally something you
can't take your way out of.

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You wonder that you killed him various? Come on, Dollar, give me

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my gun back. You don't know. It's just telling me you killed Pete.

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Bullet is from your gun. You
think anyone would believe that? They

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always believe me anyway, never believe
I killed him a gun. You're resisting

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arrest. How could you arrest me
here. This is my country, and

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this is where you're gonna die.
Yeah, there wasn't no miss pocus that

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was there to turn you around.
I don't want to shoot your him back.

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I'm not you rally try around for
it. Mmmmh sorts Is she there?

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Did you bring my wife? She's
in the car. That's men's he's

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dead. Quinlan's been shot too.
He's lying by the recording down there.

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I've got it all on tape.
You sure you got enough enough? Go

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play it back. You'll see,
Susie. Well, these years you've been

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playing me for a sucker, faking
evidence, aiding justice bartnet. Hang,

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Susie, It's all over, Susie. I'm taking your home home. How

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minutes did your friend know what?
It wasn't Gilly, Gilly? Hang?

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No, I ain't working for five
hours, harness. Give okay. Here

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this study. That's the second bullet
I stopped for you. For anyone that

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has never seen a film noir,
or even if you are well versed to

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the genre, this film is a
mussy. It is filled with suspense,

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beautiful cinematography, in biting dialogue,
all well known aspects of the film noir

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genre. It is the quintessential noir. Sadly, people did not feel the

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same way. Upon release, the
film was disregarded by critics and would be

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Wells's last American made film before he
went back to Europe. Much like the

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earlier reviewed Magnificent Amberson's, Wells's final
vision did not make it to the big

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screen. He lost final editing when
he refused to come to a redubbing following

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a memo he sent to the studio. Unlike the Magnificent Amberson's, his original

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vision was able to be restored in
nineteen ninety eight. What they did is

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followed the same memo Wells sent to
the studio in post production. That version

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has gone mass acclaim and led to
the film being deemed culturally significant. Sadly,

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Wells would never see or hear this. He would never take part of

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the acclaim because he died thirteen years
prior in nineteen eighty five. Regardless,

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the film has left a lasting impression
on cinema, film reviewers, film instructors,

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film students, and even those who
have casually watched it. You owe

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it to yourself to view this film
and enjoy it. For WMNH and Matt

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Connorton, unleashed. This has been
a classic film review with Eric Pilcher