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M - 2 Disc Special Edition - (The Criterion Collection)

Peter Lorre , Ellen Widmann , Fritz Lang , William Friedkin    NR (Not Rated)   DVD
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Fritz Lang's 1933 groundbreaking classic M, with its haunting visuals and tense pacing, is a deserving entry in the Criterion Collection. Criterion's new DVD transfer includes one notable flaw, however: a white line that periodically appears on the top of the screen, which was caused by the optical printer during the creation of the original film elements. Lang himself was well aware of this flaw. Because cropping out the line would have removed 25 percent of the picture, Criterion and the German restoration team decided to leave it in. Though the line is a little distracting at times, M can now be viewed as Lang intended. Criterion's digital transfer nicely presents this visually dark and expressionistic piece of film history in its original 111-minute length and full-screen format. And what a visual treat to behold! --Rob Bracco

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Peter Lorre made film history with his startling performance as a psychotic murderer of children. Too elusive for the Berlin police, the killer is sought and marked by underworld criminals who are feeling the official fallout for his crimes. This riveting, 1931 German drama by Fritz Lang--an early talkie--unfolds against a breathtakingly expressionistic backdrop of shadows and clutter, an atmosphere of predestination that seems to be closing in on Lorre's terrified villain. M is an important piece of cinema's past along with a number of Lang's early German works, including Metropolis and Spies. (Lang eventually brought his influence directly to the American cinema in such films as Fury, They Clash by Night, and The Big Heat.) M shouldn't be missed. This original 111-minute version is a little different from what most people have seen in theaters. --Tom Keogh

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not much of a thriller, but what a movie !, May 5 2011
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In my view, most reviews of this film have it all wrong. A crime thriller it most certainly is not. There is no thrill to be had in the discovery of the criminal since his identity is generously revealed in the very earliest frames. Not a trace of horror is generated by the murder itself since we are never allowed to see it. A balloon floating skyward is the only hint we are given of its enactment. Instead of murderer and victim, the protagonists that generate the compassion, the hatred and the anger of Lang's singular masterpiece are two competing systems of morality, one favouring the victim and the other the perpetrator. The final 'shoot-out' takes place in the grim warehouse to which M is brought by the criminals who have caught him in revenge for ruining their profession, and is 'tried' by a judicial process that in many ways comprises more of the elements of true justice than the conventional trial that follows when the hitherto inept Police interrupt the impending execution and drag him before the strong arm of the Law, where a parade of lawyers and psychiatrists mouth the usual meaningless platitudes that result in his acquittal by reason of insanity, to the dismay of the grieving parents of his 14 or so victims. The crooks seemingly got it right: they, after all, and not the Heidelberg-educated jurists and medics were his 'true peers', whose opinions are proudly supposed to count most in the traditional legal systems of Western Democracies.
Lang's main concern and his seminal triumph is to explore the impact of crime and a failure of retribution upon various layers of Society: Criminals, Police, Politicians, and the Public at large. His analysis is larded with wit, cynicism and satire, covering all aspects of the issue with all-embracing thoroughness, and he presents all sides so objectively that we never really know the nature of his own opinions and agenda. This is not surprising when we call up the fascinating extras included in this excellent Criterion package that reveal what a liar and dissembler this great artist was in his own life. But what an artist! The cunningly angled shots of sinister streets and buildings; the close-ups of individuals revealing almost every emotion that the human face is capable of displaying; the scenes of crowds moved by fear, anger, suspicion like a pack of animals; all of these skills are deployed to build up excitement and tension in the viewer as no film-maker achieved before or since, no matter how much blood and violence were lavished on the attempt. Much is made of Lang's role as a fore-runner of Hitchcock, but in my view this is not accurate in the sense that Lang was so far ahead that the latter never really caught up.In summary, we should all be grateful to Criterion for making available a remarkable piece of cinematic history so fresh and well-preserved that it comes across as history made contemporary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The first serial-killer in the history of cinema, Aug 6 2009
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Fritz Lang said that this movie was the best he's ever done in his entire life. I agree, because this movie is thrilling, from beginning to end. It tells the story of a child killer who is chased both by the police and the criminals. This movie is not only one of the greatest films ever made, but it is also one of scariest thriller you'll ever see. Because one thing that make it scary, it's simply because there's no music, not even in the title screen. The final scene is the best when the criminals judge the killer for his action in some kind of basement, it's also the only movie ever to really show the people in the jury, this scene show their emotions, their anger, their hatred to this man. Peter Lorre is fantastic as the killer, but the best performance, in my opinion, goes to Gustaf Gründgens as the crime boss and the ''judge'' of the ''court house''. So if you see it somewhere, check it out.

Rating: Thumbs way up !
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4.0 out of 5 stars Did Alfred Hitchcock have a mentor?, Jun 2 2004
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If he did it could have been Fritz Lang & his seminal talkie, M, made in 1931 & released in 1933. A deranged child murderer is loose in the city (played broadly & wonderfully by "newcomer," Peter Lorre).
The movie has scenes pitting citizen v. citizen, in accusations & counter accusations, near lynchings & mob hysteria. The police seem helpless & bereft of clues. Organized crimes seeks to find the murderer also. He's bad for business.
Crowd mentality is examined. It is a theme Lang returns to in later movies. His first American movie, Fury , (1936) deals with vigilantism & mob rule. This version, a poor print by the way, has English subtitles so your forced to pay attention. It was Lang's favorite film. It is a prototype, if you will, of the murder mystery genre. Kind of a precursor to Hitchcock's thrillers of the 40's & 50's.
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