Within the film 'The Third Man', the city portrays so much, and if you read between the city lines it becomes much more clear on what those things are. The Third Man is set in Vienna. What The Third Man does within its view of the city, is that it sets it out to be a place where not many people come and go to. It has a trapped and also most prison feeling, especially within the day time, with all of the guards from the different countries, surrounding the city, and patrolling the areas. It also had people smuggling and trying to get things to each other without the authorities to know. The main character is also very politely interrogated by a guard, before he enters Vienna, and when he comes in the station is surround by a fence, so that people do not or cannot run away. Vienna is set post-war so it has an unsettling feeling to it, especially those times where you do not see anyone else around but one character. It shows the city as a place that is not seen as a tourist spot, considering the circumstances. It shows theme parks empty, during the day time, and night time to be very scary and ominous. Not many people came out in the night, and so it creates a feeling of fear, because of the lighting and lack of people within the city. The city in world cinema, has two sides to it; it always begins with a sense of hope, and excitement because the character is in a new place, with more people, and so much more to see because they grew up in the country or suburbs. Then it turns into the city, being a trap, and isolating people with the sense that they are not going to get out, and instills danger within the character and the audience as well.
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