Touch of Evil - link and info

[jbrooks]

That interview is from "This Is Orson Welles." The description in the article seems more than a tad melodramatic. (There is no actual indication that Bogdanovich was "astonished" or that he "gasped."). And Welles' reference to "Pierre De Bogdanovich" is good-natured teasing -- invoking Bogdanovich's ambition to be a serious film scholar akin to those at Cahiers Du Cinema and the like. Bogdanovich surely did not take offense.

Also, this interview was from the late 60s or early 70s. (I don't have book in front of me right now to confirm the date of that particular interview). There were many highs and lows in the Welles-Bogdanovich friendship in the years that followed. If Bogdanovich has any secret resentments (which I doubt he does), those resentments would be about those later issues and not this friendly interview.

[Wellesnet]

Our friend Massimiliano Studer shared this interesting video analysis on camera angles and movement in TOUCH OF EVIL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-GyLsFFY28

[Wellesnet]

Audio Commentary from the Touch of Evil DVD set featuring Welles Historians Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore (for the 1976 "preview" version of the film):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtJh0Jro4Sk

Jonathon Rosenbaum will also be presenting Touch of Evil at the Chicago Film Festival next month for those who will be in the Chicago area at that time:
https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/film/touch-of-evil/