Ivan Velisavljević

Screenwriter and film critic
Serbia

Voted for

FilmYearDirector
Touch of Evil1958Orson Welles
Aguirre, Wrath of God1972Werner Herzog
Sunset Blvd.1950Billy Wilder
Wild Strawberries1957Ingmar Bergman
Vertigo1958Alfred Hitchcock
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962John Ford
Enter the Dragon1973Robert Clouse
Bicycle Thieves1948Vittorio De Sica
Modern Times1936Charles Chaplin
The 400 Blows1959François Truffaut

Comments

Touch of Evil

1958 USA

Touch of Evil is a Shakespearean story about the corrupted power and a brilliant take on film noir, with Orson Welles at his best both behind and in front of the camera. At the same time an epitaph to the genre and it's highest stylistic point – a true masterwork.