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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