Talk:The Third Man
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Attribute the Jazz Music, if Possible
[edit]"Anton Karas wrote and performed the score, which used only the zither ...". NOT! When Valli and Cotten are in the bar, a strolling violinist plays. And in a later scene in a bar, with Cotten by himself, jazz music is heard for 30 seconds. 66.81.249.5 (talk) 21:01, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
- The above is true; I just watched this movie yesterday and there is about 30 seconds of jazz music being played "live" as part of the movie. I don't know if there is a difference between music being played by characters in the movie, and music being played "over" as a "score", but it is a legitimate issue to raise. Also I changed the title of this section from the ambiguous one-word title "Wrong" to the more meaningful title "Attribute the Jazz Music, if Possible"Jonny Quick (talk) 05:05, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
- The jazz and other music is not part of the score. They are merely incidental.
- The zither music was chosen because not only did Reed like Karas' playing but because at the time the zither was associated with European Jewish culture and the point of the zither music in The Third Man is that most of the Jews that had lived in pre-war Vienna were by the time of the film's setting, dead, having been killed in the death camps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.247.9 (talk) 18:07, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
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A new version?
[edit]I saw this film on TV today in which there was no zither music, and the first appearance of Lime was anticipated by showing his disembodied face earlier on. What has happened? Seadowns (talk) 22:46, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- Seadowns – gosh. Literally NO zither music in the entire film? I cannot imagine this! Was the film otherwise as you would expect, ignoring the early Lime appearance you mention? I am quite baffled. A film expert – which I am not – might know where to look for alternative versions ... cheers DBaK (talk) 09:09, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Cast
[edit]See Martin Miller (actor) for his role as head waiter. Spicemix (talk) 22:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
Standardization of names
[edit]Why is the only major female character referred to by her first name when all the male characters are referred to by their last names. This should be standardized in some way. I don't know what the best practice is for it as I don't usually fix wiki articles. However, this one just stuck out to me. 2601:644:4800:5AE0:ACDF:E864:CDF1:4B8D (talk) 07:49, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
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