Touch of Evil 4K 1958 THEATRICAL

It is hard to find words to fully describe the incredible talent, skill and charisma that Orson Welles possesses. Whatever movie he makes, whatever role he takes for himself, he is always different, but he always remains himself. The qualities that define great filmmakers. Welles = The Movie.

And 'Seal of Evil' is the most complete reflection of his genius. It's a tough, suspenseful plot, iron-clad and anchored by the perfectly cast beams of the author's editing, of the alloy known to the general public as 'black film' (noir film). The city, the shadows, the dialogue, the tension. With point-and-click action screws screwed in with precise frame-by-frame precision, spinning furiously.

Often young directors want to embrace filmmaking in its entirety, to participate not only in the production, but to influence the camerawork, sound, editing. Over time, this passes for most. But not Orson Welles. The man who starred in his pictures from film to film and made them from conception to editing. Welles edited the director's version of 'The Seal of Evil' for two years, wanting to make the film exactly as he saw it, not the fatuous, cowardly producers from the film companies. He was an ideologue, a theorist and practitioner of auteur cinema, a hard worker and a genius. And by 1959, a little older, he has not lost a bit of his passion. Bravo, Orson!