The Lady From Shanghai details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Ted De Corsia, Glenn Anders, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Harry Shannon, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling |
| Director: | Orson Welles |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Lady From Shanghai |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 18 Aug 2003 |
| Main languages: | English |
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The words " pretentious" and "drivel" are the first to spring to mind.....
By roncoach (369 reviews) from suffolk , 29 Oct 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a really disappointing film, as IMHO are so many Orson Welles movies. Yes, he has some credites to his name.......but so many self-indulgent,arty-farty, unenjoyable ones that he really stays in my mind as a pretentious bore.
This film has no plot that anyone can follow......and what storyline there is........is ludicrous. Sign a statement confessing to a murder you didn't do, in order to receive $5,000 for doing so......and imagine that you're going to be rich instead of what everyone would expect : to be on trial for murder ???????????? Blimey !
Even gorgeous Rita Hayworth cannot retrieve any interest in this film. My interest lasted for less than 15 minutes and then never came back.
Welle's ridiculous Irish accent, his complete domination of every scene , his role as director ensuring that he gets in all his oh so clever (NOT) cinema angles and pretentions to be a master of film noir............
whatever brought about his reputation ?? Beats me.....and I consider myself as someone who knows films.....the good, bad and mediocre.
Many viewers will no doubt regard this review as sacrilege....just wait to when I get round to doing a review of 'Citizen Kane' !!!!
Don't waste your time on this poor film.....life is too short.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(16)The words " pretentious" and "drivel" are the first to spring to mind.....
By roncoach (369 reviews) from suffolk , 29 Oct 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a really disappointing film, as IMHO are so many Orson Welles movies. Yes, he has some credites to his name.......but so many self-indulgent,arty-farty, unenjoyable ones that he really stays in my mind as a pretentious bore.
This film has no plot that anyone can follow......and what storyline there is........is ludicrous. Sign a statement confessing to a murder you didn't do, in order to receive $5,000 for doing so......and imagine that you're going to be rich instead of what everyone would expect : to be on trial for murder ???????????? Blimey !
Even gorgeous Rita Hayworth cannot retrieve any interest in this film. My interest lasted for less than 15 minutes and then never came back.
Welle's ridiculous Irish accent, his complete domination of every scene , his role as director ensuring that he gets in all his oh so clever (NOT) cinema angles and pretentions to be a master of film noir............
whatever brought about his reputation ?? Beats me.....and I consider myself as someone who knows films.....the good, bad and mediocre.
Many viewers will no doubt regard this review as sacrilege....just wait to when I get round to doing a review of 'Citizen Kane' !!!!
Don't waste your time on this poor film.....life is too short.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Badly dated
By quintus (52 reviews) from Witney , 10 Aug 2011I know this is suppose to be a Welles classic but I found it had dated badly. The hall of mirrors stuff at the end looks corny and obvious now and the plot, with its artful longueurs, creaks loudly. But the most distracting thing of all is Welles' terrible oirish accent - it makes him just sound dim rather than dangerous. Why on earth did he do it?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Really good, but I need to watch this film.
By BeccyMalloi (124 reviews) from Kersey, Suffolk , 15 Apr 2011Was quite tired when I watched this film and didnt give it my full attention when I watched it, which was daft, as what I did watch I loved. Hayworth's character is fantastic as the femme fatale and their is a memorable end scene which was a landmark in filmaking history. Fantastic viewing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Lady From Shanghai (1948)
By Teebs (160 reviews) from Rochester , 04 Dec 2009As with most of Welles' US films this was cut to ribbons by the studio after negative test screenings - but as the recent restoration of Touch of Evil back to directors cut proved, Welles could make a superb film noir and there are indeed enough flashes of that greatness here to assume that this was probably one, in his original cut at least. All the more remarkable bearing in mind its origins were a combination of hurried fund-raiser(Welles needed money for costumes for a theatre production he was directing so agreed to make a film) and also as an (unsuccesful) marriage saver between him and Hayworth. This studio cut is hopelessly muddled and confusing narratively, and Welles's Irish accent is a touch embarassing, but it contains some brilliant moments and performances, and a darkness in tone to match any of the more 'classic' film noirs which followed it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Lady from Shanghai
By standardman (90 reviews) from Littleborough , 25 Aug 2009Orson Welles writes, directs and acts in a weird, grotesque and brilliant noir - packed with invention and off-kilter style.- Was this review helpful to you?
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