Odd Man Out

“English films were a big influence, too... And one in particular for me was this one: Odd Man Out, with an actor I absolutely adore, James Mason. I would have loved to work with him. He had the most wonderful voice and presence. Directed by Carol Reed. And it was an incredibly powerful, melancholy, surprising film that was… as I say, had a particular English feel that you would not find in the rest of Europe or certainly not in Hollywood also. Fantastic to have this film in my hand.”

“And Odd Man ‘Oot’ or ‘Out.’ Carol Reed. One of the few movies with three words all the same number of letters. God, that must be thrilling for you to know. But it’s also a wonderful film. Yeah, I like it a lot. I wish I had Carol Reed here and I could tell him.”

“When he showed me one night Sir Carol Reed’s Odd Man Out and my dad cried. And I thought nothing in his life had provided him a safe haven for emotional expression except film. So, I am going to take this film by Sir Carol Reed and be the first film, in honor of my dad, who’s also, like my mom, been long gone, but filmmaking and art is often born out of tragedy.”

“Is this graham greene Odd Man Out carol reed's fantastic really like anybody that would put orson welles in a movie and have him do the orson welles rule where you talk about the bad guy for the whole movie and then meet him in the last like 30 minutes of the movie it's like a real payoff kind of thing but they're like you know so I felt like carol reed always came from the same school of cinema as orson welles and they worked really well together and this is a great flick too...”

“Odd Man Out, directed by Carol Reed. I'm gonna give this a shot, I don't think I've ever seen this. James Mason, one of my favorite actors.”

“Aha, okay. One of the films that defined me growing up. First time I saw Carol Reed directing. All of his films are brilliant, but Odd Man Out is one of my favorites. I mean, James Mason, what a beautiful, beautiful film. This guy also on the run from the law, Belfast. Part of a robbery that goes wrong and he finds himself on the street, ends up with Robert Newton. God, this film is a film noir, it's just beautiful. And Carol Reed was just one of my favorites, just an extraordinary filmmaker.”