Review of Touch of Evil

I was lucky enough to see the new version of this film, and it felt a little different, but in a way a lot better. Some of the people in the audience were extremely bored by the plot and they complained about the overlapping dialogue. But I saw a much different film; a film with such amazing visuals that I would even dare to compare it to the "Star Wars" trio or "Goodfellas." But you know all that. The film, at least this is the way I see it, is really about Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) and his sad fall from grace. He's like Darth Vador---he doesn't want to be bad, but he cannot help himself, because life gave him a raw deal. You can just say it's a film noir, but it's absolutely not...it's more of a portrait of a time and place...and Welles' career gone bad. If you see it you'll understand what I mean.