Extended Reading
  • Alysson 2021-11-12 08:01:24

    Rethinking "M is the Murderer": German Culture in Crisis

    "M is the Murderer" completed by Frieze Lang in 1931 tells the story of a mentally ill person who murdered children. Its technical achievements alone are worthy of attention: practical and imaginative use of sound, clever cross-editing, detailed and attractive composition like a picture....

  • Eryn 2021-11-12 08:01:24

    "M is the Murderer"

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    "wait, do not take long

    black man will be here

    his cleaver blade benefits very

    easily put you chop mess

    is you!"

    Top shots in games with the children doing the "nursery rhymes", slowly The camera turned to looking up, and the old lady on the balcony reprimanded the children not to recite...

  • Monserrate 2022-04-22 07:01:08

    It was boring until the People's Great Trial. But this strong gap has had unexpected effects. You always thought that the story would be so boring, and the conversation changed, and a headache was raised. Is it rational or emotional for mentally ill people not to be responsible for their actions? The lens language can be called a pioneer model. For example, the most classic M has just appeared, but it can't be seen.

  • Kelvin 2021-11-12 08:01:24

    Except for dialogue and whistles, there are basically no other sounds, not to mention the exciting soundtrack, but as a 1931 sound film, that's enough. What is interesting is the public's distrust of the police (government authority) (the prostitute slobbers at the police), the setting of the underworld to capture the murderer, and the comparison between the final private court and the real court trial. This is a bold irony. The whistle was frightening.

M quotes

  • Hans Beckert: That is a nice ball you have.

  • Franz, the burglar: [Franz is being tricked into thinking he killed the night watchman, and is going to jail for it] Please, Herr Kommissar! I'll tell you everything; even who we were looking for in that damned building.

    Inspector Groeber: Really. Who?

    Franz, the burglar: The child murderer, Herr Kommissar!