SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
Audio commentary by film scholar Dana Polan
Shadowing "The Third Man", a ninety-minute 2005 feature documentary on the making of the film
Abridged recording of Graham Greene’s treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
The Third Man on the radio: the 1951 “A Ticket to Tangiers” episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
Actor Joseph Cotten’s alternate opening voiceover narration for the U.S. version
Archival footage and photos of postwar Vienna
A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr
What is this filth?
I remember it came on AMC one time, but I didn't watch it because I had just gotten back home from Mexico.
Definitely need to see it
Oh yes, you do. The Departed actually homages this...
Well the scene you described sounds kinda generic - a woman, upset after a funeral, walks past a main character. That's happened in many movies and books.
But if it's frame for frame than you're probably right about it
The scene where psychiatrist Madolyn Madden walks away from Sullivan at Costigan's funeral mirrors the scene in The Third Man where Anna walks away from Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) at Harry Lime's (Orson Welles) funeral. Anna had a fling with Holly but could not forgive him for betraying Harry, her lover and a friend to Holly, to the Vienna police.
You did that wiki yourself didnt you
Q: I saw "The Departed" today (I agree that the last shot was, well, cheesy). My question is about another shot in the film, when Vera Farmiga's character leaves the funeral and walks past Matt Damon. It's an obvious homage to the closing shot of "The Third Man." But why? There aren't a lot of parallels between the two stories.
Anonymous, Charlotte, NC 10/10/06
A: An unanswerable question, though you're right about the homage. (If only the movie had stopped with that shot, as "The Third Man" did.) I can't find other parallels, so I'm guessing Scorsese just paid visual tribute to a movie he loved.
Lawrence Toppman 10/11/06