Humanities 254: Modern Cities (McCole)
Viewing Questions: Carol Reed, "The Third Man" (1949)
Based on a novel by Graham Greene
Cast: Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins), Orson Wells (Harry Lime), Trevor Howard
(Major Calloway), and Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt)
As you watch, notice and make notes about the following motifs:
1. the city as ruin (literally: physical ruins; metaphorically: the ruin of moral
certainties)
2. the city as labyrinth
3. the city as crime scene >>> the
detective story
4. the city and elusive identity (who is really who?)
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