I didn't look at the legend about Faust, all I know is that the Johnson who describes the Delta blues is that he made a deal with the devil at the crossroads - which should be just as fascinating as Orpheus' turn. But it is natural to think of Goethe's book, and the screenwriters and directors who want to come here are the refiners of the first book. (Looking back and looking at Faust’s small essay written at the beginning, I am really impressed~) The first one is Goethe’s lyric poem, and this film is no less lyrical than a poetic drama~ The expressionist scheduling is really Like magic, what is even more rare is that in such a compact and complete story, the personalities and fates of the three characters can still be preserved~ (only the love at the end is somewhat popularized), especially Mephisto's three lovely characters. The visual image, especially the well-dressed Mephistopheles, really reveals the taste of the person wonderfully. Think of Goethe writing Mephistopheles, and never when he was just a demon. And Margaret's tragedy did not stem from Faust's desire alone. In the humblest of people, Murnau shows a lot of the indifference and misunderstanding of others in the society, and countless "evil" qualities, and the same is true here. Regrettably, it seems that Faust's inner contradiction is missing from the movie, that is, the contradiction conveyed by the author like Goethe, just like the contradiction conveyed by Bergman in the seventh seal~ But it seems too unreasonable to be so harsh, after all The movie is only 100 minutes long, and what it does is pretty tough. No wonder it's a big investment in bankruptcy, it's really amazing~
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