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First of all, what sticks in the mind are the excellent performances of the protagonist, Went, and the master criminal Mabuse. Without uttering a word, Mabuse portrays unashamed, unstinting evil, plotting murders effortlessly and stoically.
The pace, by our standards (it's 229 minutes!), is a bit measured and I found myself using the 2X function occasionally.
The greatest surprise was in the acting style: none of the mannered Hollywood, silent-era overacting, wide-eyed, exagerraged arm movemens, etc.
The end, however, was a bit much: with so much time, the director could have made Mabuse's unraveling a bit more logical.
The only real flaw, outside of the ending, was in the choice of the two main females: both were singularly unattractive. It's not that there weren't stunning women around Lang, either. Some of the extras were gorgeous.
Follow Ups:
If you want to see a well paced silent Lang film with the edginess of Dr. Mabuse, check out the restored Spies.
condition at the end of Part II, but I'm game.
Now, have you checked out any of the fabulous American actress, Louise Brooks, films? I'd recommend the primal flapper's "Pandora's Box."
Perhaps the most electric, brilliant-star turn by a female in film history. Incendiary. She came from KC, like TS Eliot. What a strange bit of trivia, eh? Neither ever looked back again, unlike a certain Southern author.
Excellent films, both. The documentary on Brooks "Looking for Lulu," included on Pandora's Box, is excellent as well. Note : Kino's release of Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl pictured above.Another great actress of the silent era, Maria Falconetti, who only made one film (The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Thodor Dreyer); this is also worth purchase or rental (Criterion release, Region 1, NTSC). Link...
link: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/joanofarccc.php
BTW, the number of silent films I own DVD is now approaching 70, and the TCM release of the Garbo silents next month will extend my collection to the point that I'll have to add more shelving! (8^o)
Cheers,
AuPh :o)
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