He may have passed away 30 years ago, but Orson Welles is still making headlines. As a crowdfunding campaign continues to complete his unfinished drama The Other Side of the Wind, one of his classics will be getting the re-release treatment shortly. His 1958 noir masterpiece Touch of Evil, which features one of cinema’s most iconic opening shots will arrive on July 10th and today brings a re-release trailer. While only coming to the U.K, for now, unfortunately, hopefully a U.S. release is around the corner.
Along with the trailer, we have a two-part, 24-minute interview with the director conducted a few years prior to the release of Touch of Evil. Appearing on Press Conference, it features a number of journalists and newspeople giving hard-hitting questions to Welles about his many accomplishments and life. Check out everything below and for more on Welles, perhaps we’ll get a deeper look into his life as an unfinished memoir has been found, according to The Guardian.
In a seething Mexican-American bordertown, narcotics agent Miguel Vargas (Heston) clashes with detective Hank Quinlan (Welles) – a local hero despite his dubious intuitions and bloated bigotry – as each investigates a potentially scandalous killing. Is the Grandi crime clan involved? What of Susan Vargas (Leigh), keen to continue her honeymoon? Between its celebrated opening shot and oft-quoted ending, Welles’ still peerless foray into a nightmarish underworld is a constantly exhilarating example of his ability to match style and content. Pitch-perfect performances – now florid, now dry as the desert – and Russell Metty’s fluid camera serve to illuminate Welles’ weighing-up of justice and the law, loyalty and duty, risk and responsibility. Endlessly watchable, always astonishing.