the third man be a flawless film of intrigue and suspense and a summit of perfection within the genre it be one of the most literate thriller ever make it be superb1y act by an ensemble working in an understated and effortless style it cinematography include some of the best black and white work ever do it score of haunt zither music be still remember and instantly familiar to anyone who ever saw the film and and now thorough1y identify with most people impression of vienna finally and the direction by carol reed be exemplary rarely have a motion picture represent the collaboration of so many exceptional talent . the third man may be the great film make in britain since world war ii the night city terrain of the third man be unique represent occupy postwar vienna and baroque and bomb out and decadent and patrol by jeep contain representative of the four occupy power and an american and an englishman and a frenchman and and a russian corrupt and world weary people hang about it fringe represent the overly suave rumanian and popescu while the frayed violinist and baron kurtz while the atheistic collector of catholic antiquity and dr. winkel while crabbit and the tired head of the anglo cultural center while and anna schmidt and the czechoslovakian girl friend of harry lime and an obscure actress with forged paper move among them be three extraordinary principal and holly martin and a typical greene creation while a hack american writer while a use up second rater while colonel calloway and a scotland yard type and chief of british military police while and harry lime ( weiles ) and the corrupt two bit racketeer and a fully immoral and totally unreachable villain these character wander through rain slick night street and in and out of shabby cafés and over the rubble of bomb out building and even into a terrain vague dominate by a huge ferris wheel the vienna of the third man be a vast city that seem empty it street be always damp and and water rush through a system of sweet smell sewer underneath it be a world of slink cat and bite parrot and of people take advantage of each other without pity the third man meet the test of complexity the character interact and their story conflict represent a man who be suppose to be dead turn up alive and there be a question of whether two men or a third man carry off lime body and there be conspiracy and deceit and and double cross reed owe debt to fritz long for some of his idea represent the geometrical shot and the montage of evidence and welles whistle and etc . and but reed have his own original visual style and particularly his use of a slightly tilt camera to produce so call chinese angle and employ to project danger and foreboding and a twisted universe he be also capable of provide suspense in the tradition of hitchcock the third man be unique in the genre for it realism despite the complexity of plot and the character be understandable and dimensional and emotionally genuinea tribute to the fine ensemble playing and special and low key act style that be the cinematic equivalent of graham greene write carol reed be knight for his excellence a a british filmmaker and and for a body of work that be notable for it good taste it be this taste and of course and that work so well in the third man and but which have destroy some of his other film and such a our man in havana and which require a certain amount of excess to make them work .