Touch of Evil(1958) directed by Orson Welles(Director of Citizen Kane)
The movie opens with a three-minute, thirty second continuous tracking shot widely considered by critics to be one of the greatest long takes in cinematic history...
Touch of Evil is considered as one of the best crime drama movie of all time ..
Original version was edited and re shot some content according to Universal studio's liking. Welles viewed the new cut and wrote a 58-page memo to Universal's head of production, Edward Muhl, detailing what he thought needed to be done to make the film work. However, many of his suggestions went unheeded and
Touch of Evil was eventually released in a version running 93 minutes.
In 1998, the film was re-released in a re-edited form, which was based on the Welles memo and edited by Walter March working from all available material.
3 versions of the film have been released:
- The original 1958 release version
- A longer version, released in 1976
- A 1998 restored version that attempted to follow Welles's 1958 memo as closely as possible.