A. What
does it mean to say that style equals ideology and how is that
seen in Touch of Evil? Give specific examples. You might
consider the differences between Welles' use of the camera and
the use of the plan Américan.
2) Interview with
Welles
A.
What is it about Quinlan that Welles detests and what does he
like? Do you agree or disagree? Why? What does he mean when he
calls him Faustian?
3) Interview with Heston
A.
Heston notes that the customs man in the opening shot kept flubbing
his line and that Welles told him just to move his lips and they
would dub his line in later. What are the implications for a film
where so much of the sound can, and was, dubbed in later?
3) Reviews
A.
How would you characterize the differences between the reviews
done by Variety, Thompson, and Truffaut. Which do you accept or
reject?
4) William Johnson
A.
Johnson argues that an important key to Welles' films is to be
found in the quiet scenes, when the camera seems to settle down.
Are there such scenes in Touch of Evil? What do they tell you
about the meaning of the film?
5) Jean Collet
A.
Explain, with examples from the film, the following quote: "If
Welles abuses his authority over the spectator, it is not, then,
in order to limit for him the significance of what he shows but,
on the contrary, to multiply the significance of one image by
another. For the spectator, such montage is not essentially different
from a sequence shot."
