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Another Jubilant Friday Night

         I know a lot of people just wish they could have a busy, party life like me. Tonight after almost completely ruining dinner, I cleaned the kitchen and put away everything and retired to watch Jeopardy. Wow, can you stand that excitement?

         I found nothing else on TV that I wanted to see. So I settled on a 1949 movie, The Third Man with Orson Welles. It was black and white. Much of the dialog was in German. Joseph Cotton was the lead actor. Orson doesn't appear until the last half. When he does appear, it is only briefly, and he stays mainly in the shadows.

         Welles plays a criminal who has faked his death. Amazingly, he portrays the guy as a like-able character.He's very low key and subtle. The only time he appears on camera in the light for very long is on a carnival ride with Joseph Cotton. They ride in a private box in a Ferris wheel type thing. For the top half, they have the door open, and it appears that one or the other or both will fall f out to the dots of people on the ground. Then on the last quarter down, they close the door and sit, conceding that they are friends, and neither can hurt the other.In the end he is running through the German sewers from what looks like hundreds of police, so you only catch an outline in the light or see him struggling up the exit ladder. He had very little face time with the camera.

         It was artfully and tastefully done. Maybe it's Welles rich voice: you always feel like you've witnessed something great when he acts. This is a wonderful film, highly recommended when you want to live it up.