http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comment-514575 Maldwyn Mills Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:27:58 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comment-514575 I've just yet reseen The Fallen Idol for the first time for many years, and thought that while the first two-thirds worked fairly well (apart from the infuriating Bobby Henry) the last thirty minutes did not. In particular,I couldn't understand how Dennis O'Dea, so very good in the preceding Odd Man Out (which the pro-Welles interpreters of the Third Man don't seem to mention), could be so awkward as the chief inspector, or the episode itself so tedious. Nor did the film as a whole seem a patch on An Outcast of the Islands, the next-but-one film of Reed's, and perhaps the most interesting of all, despite a badly off-key performance by Ralph Richardson himself - offset by a splendid one from Trevor Howard.... I've just yet reseen The Fallen Idol for the first time for many years, and thought that while the first two-thirds worked fairly well (apart from the infuriating Bobby Henry) the last thirty minutes did not. In particular,I couldn't understand how Dennis O'Dea, so very good in the preceding Odd Man Out (which the pro-Welles interpreters of the Third Man don't seem to mention), could be so awkward as the chief inspector, or the episode itself so tedious. Nor did the film as a whole seem a patch on An Outcast of the Islands, the next-but-one film of Reed's, and perhaps the most interesting of all, despite a badly off-key performance by Ralph Richardson himself – offset by a splendid one from Trevor Howard….

]]> http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comment-465688 futurestar Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:08:30 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comment-465688 Dan's review(s) and insight into the Fallen Idol/Third Man phenomena seems to confirm his level of confusion is quite high. His facts also seem to be distorted and way off base. Being he makes his living as a wordsmith of some sort I'll save going off on some tangent and fan based hysteria. Perhaps some day, time permitting he can review his materials, delve into a deeper level of research, and strike the core truth, not some ghost image projected as some 3-D substance of his own invention. A critic critiquing is not novel. Dan's review(s) and insight into the Fallen Idol/Third Man phenomena seems to confirm his level of confusion is quite high. His facts also seem to be distorted and way off base. Being he makes his living as a wordsmith of some sort I'll save going off on some tangent and fan based hysteria. Perhaps some day, time permitting he can review his materials, delve into a deeper level of research, and strike the core truth, not some ghost image projected as some 3-D substance of his own invention. A critic critiquing is not novel.

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