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The Lady from Shanghai

Rita Hayworth (Actor), Orson Welles (Actor), Orson Welles (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD

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Actors: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia
Directors: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles, Charles Lederer, Fletcher Markle, Sherwood King, William Castle
Producers: Orson Welles, Harry Cohn
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
Release Date: Nov 29 2001
Run Time: 87 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004W229
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,508 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #2 in DVD > En fran�ais > Action, Aventure, Policier et Thriller > Policier et Thriller > Films noirs
- #2 in DVD > Classics > Classic Directors > Orson Welles
- #9 in DVD > Mystery & Suspense > Film Noir

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Legend has it that Orson Welles more or less conned studio boss Harry Cohn over the phone into making this movie by grabbing the title from a nearby paperback. In any case, The Lady from Shanghai is one of Welles's most fascinating works, a bizarre tale of an Irish sailor (Welles) who accompanies a beautiful woman (Rita Hayworth) and her handicapped husband (Everett Sloane) on a cruise and becomes involved in a murder plot. But never mind all that (the aforementioned legend also claims that Cohn offered a reward to anyone who could explain the plot to him). The film is really a dream of Welles's driving preoccupations on- and offscreen at the time: the elusiveness of identity, the mystique of things lost, and most of all the director's faltering marriage to Hayworth. In the tradition of male filmmakers who indirectly tell the story of their love affairs with leading ladies, Welles tells his own, photographing Hayworth as a deconstructed star, an obvious cinematic creation, thus reflecting, perhaps, a never-satisfied yearning that leads us back to the mystery of Citizen Kane. --Tom Keogh

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4.0 out of 5 stars Minor Orson Welles film, meaning still worth a look, Aug 8 2003

Roger Zeus (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This starts off veryyy slowly. Welles' narration in a strong irish accent kicks in as soon as the credits drop and is at first pretty painful. Luckily, it doesn't take long to accept it. The last half hour of the movie is great, as are bits of the first hour. Stick with it, I almost gave up on it, as it does pay off at the end. A weak 4 out of 5 stars, but definitely worth a look. I bought mine cheap and used so I'm not complaining. The camera-work, especially at the end, makes the movie. Even though the story is pretty typical Hollywood fare, Welles' direction is anything but.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Twisted, Oct 15 2003

Damian P. Gadal (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Things are not what they seem is a dead on description of this film!

You're never really sure what is going on, which is the point of course! Set-up? Could be, but will the viewer ever really know?

Welles' gives the film-loving world another cinematic gem, with plenty of twists and turns, and bits of comic genius to keep the viewer enthralled!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Welles' best but still very good, Aug 27 2003

D. Weisbord (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This film is memorable for a couple of extraordinary scenes as well as Welles working with his wife, Rita Hayworth. Did this guy have a fortunate young life or what!

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Are you looking for a good paste in the eye?"
No, not Welles' best film. It couldn't be, since "The Lady From Shanghai" was actually a chance for Welles to get back in good with the studio system, a.k.a. Read more

Published on July 2 2004 by J. COSBY

5.0 out of 5 stars "Innocent is a big word--Stupid is more like it"
Stupidity--not innocence, not heroism, not any virtue at all--is the major theme of *The Lady from Shanghai*. Read more

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