A friend came to play at home a few days ago. I showed him a movie disc from the 80s. His reaction was "80s?". It seemed that he was too old to watch it, but if he came again I would treat him Say, I invite you to see a 1931 movie!
Fritz Lang, a master of German expressionism, I don't know what expressionism is, I only know that his films are good. And I also know that not only people like us who are not related, but also a group of well-known names respect this German. Like the French New Wave standard-bearers Godard and Chabrol, the last thing I expected was that Buñuel wrote in his autobiography that he was proud to meet Fritz Lang in the United States when he was nearly 80 years old. Fritz Ram was not even a few years older than Bunuel. We can see the influence of this German in the film industry.
The storyline of "M is the Murderer" itself is extremely attractive. A perverted killer who hunts and kills children causes panic in the whole city, and even a shock in the local underworld, because their "business" is affected by the police raid and inspection. The unthinkable happened, the underworld boss ordered the murderer to be caught and executed before the police! On the one hand to restore the "normal" order of the city, on the other hand, to express their hatred for this perverted killer (the underworld is also a human being), and perhaps out of anger, when they had the opportunity to notify the police after the killer was under control, they still insisted on The underworld solves all problems by itself and does everything to the end. Therefore, we see both the police and the underworld chasing the perverted killer who has been frightened at the same time, the entire city's beggar organization is mobilized, the cobweb-like search activity unfolds silently, and the film is full of drama and can't help but feel it. praise.
In the film, when the killer appears or commits murder, there will inevitably be a whistle, which also becomes the decisive clue for him to finally reveal himself. A section of the Mountain Demon Palace. We are already familiar with this expression in many subsequent films. Of course, the plot of "M" in the title "M is the Murderer" is also very dramatic. When the murderer sees the big white M behind him in the mirror, the terrified expression (on the jacket) is impressive.
I think the best scene in the film is at the end, when the underworld set up a private court to try the perverted killer. The scene when the camera slowly pans to hundreds of "audience" sitting quietly is extremely shocking. There are judges, pleas, and even defendants’ lawyers. The defendants cry out that they cannot be controlled by their consciousness at all, while the party representing justice states that if such a person does not have to bear the responsibility for his own behavior and is only put into a mental hospital, once he is rehabilitated, If you are released or escaped, you will again kill innocent people without the control of your consciousness, so you must be executed! Seeing this, I believe everyone can't help but think about it. In this episode, the justice of the underworld is a mess, in stark contrast to the incompetent cops. But the director's use of the defendant's lawyer to insist that the criminal should be handed over to the police shows that no matter how deep the hatred is, people's emotions still have to obey the law.
For that era, the film was full of suspense, and there were many highlights. The suspense master Hitchcock was just debuting at the time. Apart from the plot, the film fully reflected the expressiveness and artistry of black and white images, which was very suitable for this film. A noir-themed movie. The picture restoration of the film is also excellent.
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