Recently Viewed: Shadowing the Third Man, Double Rainbow

Caught a wonderful film on cable TV the other day called Shadowing the Third Man, a documentary by Frederick Baker discussing that film from a "behind the scenes" vantage point. Interviews with Carol Reed, Guy Hamilton (a real treasure), Orson Welles, Vincent Korda, Daniel Selznick, and Graham Greene open up fascinating viewpoints into the making of the film. Rare stills, archival footage (esp. of Anton Karras playing the zither), and shots of a "bombed about a bit" 1948 Vienna spice up the mix. Look for it--it's well worth watching. Here's a particularly good IMDB review of it http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429086/, and when you get there, read the other reviews, especially "Did the Third Man Change Your Life?"--what a testament to the power of the film! It certainly has changed mine. I can't think of a more a perfectly realized work of film art. ***1/2

Of course you've already seen this, but I have to throw it on here anyway--the guy freaking out over the double--almost triple--rainbow:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGqtxdKjqbI. But have you heard Double Rainbow--the Song!?:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA

Now I hear someone parodied it with the KFC "double-down" sandwich. I suppose it's only a matter of time before KFC uses the parody themselves to sell the sandwich. Hopefully the double rainbow dude, as he's now known, will see some cashola at the end of all this, but I doubt it. Perhaps, there's a book deal in the works? A film? A documentary about the making of the film about the making of the video? Title: Shadowing the Double Rainbow: How a Viral Video Saved KFC and Changed Advertising Forever.

~CD