`The Third Man` (1949)

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Yvonne Leyson Movie-The Third Man 17 May , 2007

For a long time , the individual 's relationship with the past has been preserved in their memories as a natural process . The film industry and other media have likewise allowed memories to be preserved through considerable archives to help us intervene with past memories and shape new ideas for the future . Most films even with its entertaining purpose have the initial aim to educate through audiovisual segments . Other films seek to absorb the dignity of historical documents and

tend to suppress political perspectives at the time of recording . theless politics play an important role in film-making as historical events are utilized and enhanced to reflect a prevalent impression rather than stark realities . In some films , crime dramas present moral ambiguities and sexual motivation presented in cinematic terms as the film noir with its classic era of the 1940 's to the 1950 's . Many of the prototypical stories and attitudes are derived from the hardboiled crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression (Hillier , 1985 :191 . An important film is a 1949 British thriller , The Third Man which is conferred as a visually-stylish thriller with a paranoid story of social , economic , and moral corruption in a depressed , rotting and crumbling , 20th century Vienna following World War II (Hillier 1985 :191 . Even if there was simultaneous development in industrialized countries after the war , a disparity seems to exist in this film as it continues to depict a shattered and poisoned city . It was however considered one of the greatest British thrillers of the post-war era with sullen views that portray pessimistic undertones used for geo-political lines apparently against the cold war sentiment of the period . With a story set in post-war Vienna just after the Second World War , various documentary-style shots were presented of post-war Vienna which was a frontier city dividing the East and West- between the Allied powers of Great Brittan , France , USSR and USA nothing would be remiss on this idea The Film and Interpretation

In its brilliant effects and remarkable musical score , the view of Vienna despite its dilapidation is not lost to the viewer . By day , the city portrayed a lovely character but at night , an emphasis showed its sinister side reminiscent of a cynical post-war and the start of the Cold war . It is likewise a symbolism of the past glory of a great city which is currently filled with corruption following the WWII and a combined occupation of alien forces (Ferro 1988 ,

. 125 . The use of black and white in the film is a classic example on the perfect use of the film industry to evoke and showcase mood and emotion with shadow casting . On another level , this visual technique is used to set the scene and create an atmosphere which draws out the viewer 's participation while holding connotative meaning in scene structure that tells the whole story . The replacement of a busted light bulb that the German caretaker...