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AutoCorrect did to my earlier answer what this result has done to the bracket.
And all the years of following film spotting madness, this is the first time I have yelled “Noooo!” at seeing the result. I just don’t understand what people see in Touch of Evil, and to lose The Searchers to it is astonishingly to me.
Welles is the GOAT for a reason... Touch of Evil takes it by a hair
The Searchers is an all-timer, to be revisited over and over. Welle's noir, I daresay, is not something I need to revisit much. It's fine.
The Searchers is one of the most respected movies no one seems to really enjoy. Touch of Evil is a constant favorite, only not regarded as a masterpiece because it's the director's third best movie, which doesn't lessen its own greatness. Making a movie people like is too often dismissed, even though it's pretty hard to pull off. It's more of an accomplishment than a given.
Making a film that audiences connect with means you've gotten something right about the human condition.
If this were a play-in round it would be the Racist Techie faceoff. Do I go with John Ford's cinematographer keeping everything in the frame in focus or Orson Welles and his famous one-take opening? I'm going Welles, but maybe I need to learn more about lenses.
I swore I would vote for The Searchers in every round but pitting Ford against Welles is fiendish.
The battle of the Classic with Racist Tendencies! Whoopee! Do you pick the western with the hateful hero, or the noir with Charlton Heston as a Mexican?
Don't worry Filmspotters, I still think both films are excellent and worthy of their acclaim. I'd be happy to see either of these of advance somehow. I'm voting for The Searchers. If you don't find yourself pondering and wrestling with the moral messiness of Ethan Edwards after that film, then... maybe you should watch it again on a bigger screen? If you're still not wrestling with him after that, at least you were able to take in the majesty of the John Ford's own personal Vertigo. (Ohhh, now there's a duel...)