# THE THIRD MAN--A great movie but... (SPOILERS!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373 "2004-03-15T04:19:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/21 "2004-03-16T04:35:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Fenris > > PS: Cal: I’ve got the nifty “Every issue of Mad on 4 CDs” set that came out a few years back. I’ll look it up! Thanks! Fenris: The hack issue of TV Guide was an actual TV-Guide-sized insert stapled inside the front cover. Does the full CD set include things like this? (I only have the one CD – the one they sell you to get you hooked on it, and I can’t tell from that one.) The cover features a couple of hillbilly types against a yellow background. (This is the kind of thing that sets up shop in my brain and refuses to leave, taking up useful space that cul be used for mathematical formulae and the like.) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/22 "2004-03-16T05:02:24Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Here’s the thing: to me it wasn’t “jarring and foreign”, it was just annoying. Well, yes, I got that. I just kind of thought we getting beyond the little detail of the OP … [Actually, I think we are all hoping to help you past the zither so you can enjoy the film next time you see it.] Want to discuss Cotton in _Gaslight_? That’s **annoying**. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/23 "2004-03-16T11:05:41Z")
> [@j66](#): > > [Actually, I think we are all hoping to help you past the zither so you can enjoy the film next time you see it.] I dunno if that’s possible! 😉 For what it’s worth, I really _did_ enjoy the film (that was _wonderful_ camerawork) > [@](#): > > Want to discuss Cotton in _Gaslight_? That’s **annoying**. Not until next week–I haven’t seen it and by coincidence, it’s next on my list. I should be getting it from Netflix this week and I’ll watch it this weekend. However if you wanna recommend some other noir-esque thrillers to put on my list… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/24 "2004-03-16T11:52:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Fenris: The hack issue of TV Guide was an actual TV-Guide-sized insert stapled inside the front cover. Does the full CD set include things like this? (I only have the one CD – the one they sell you to get you hooked on it, and I can’t tell from that one.) The cover features a couple of hillbilly types against a yellow background. Yup–it’s included and you’re correct about the cover: Albert Schwietzer (and some other guy) as "Hillbilly Doctors)! Great material, but the interface on this damned disk is so abomidable that it’s almost impossible to read ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/25 "2004-03-16T14:24:00Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Not until next week–I haven’t seen it and by coincidence, it’s next on my list. I should be getting it from Netflix this week and I’ll watch it this weekend. I’ll come looking for you next week. Not _noir_, but the original ‘The Haunting’, with Juliette Mills (later know to most American audiences from ‘Nanny and the Professor’. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373/26 "2006-07-02T01:51:56Z")
I’m bumping this thread from way back when–it makes more sense than starting a new one. It’s been a year and change since I posted the OP and I just rewatched **The Third Man** and damn if you guys weren’t right. Watching it with your comments in mind DID make the zither music appropriate. I still didn’t enjoy it, but y’know…it did work. Thanks! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man-a-great-movie-but-spoilers/234373.md?page=1)