Larry Miles Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Famously, Touch of Evil was shot almost entirely on one lens, the Angenieux 18.5. Does anyone know which specific shots didn't use that lens and, perhaps, which lens they did use? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 20, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted August 20, 2021 More or less the shots not done on the 18.5mm are Marlene Deitrich's close-ups and the rear-projection driving shots, a few others, maybe a couple of Janet Leigh's close-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Miles Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 David, thank you as always. My understanding is that the rear projection shots were forced by the studio into the film and against Welles' wishes. Do you happen to know, or are you willing to guess, as to which lens they used for Dietrich's close-ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Miles Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 I would guess a Baltar, but I'm not sure which focal length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 21, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2021 16 hours ago, Larry Miles said: My understanding is that the rear projection shots were forced by the studio into the film and against Welles' wishes. Where did you read this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Miles Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 I would have to go back and check to confirm (and I may do so in the near future), but I believe I gathered it from one of the commentary tracks included with the special edition (Blu-ray) that they put out (it includes the memo of revisions Orson Welles wrote upon which Walter Murch based his changes), where the commentator went over the differences between the different versions of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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