Can the dead control the world?!

Doris 2022-03-11 08:02:06

This is the second in a trilogy of films, "Dr. Mabus". Unlike the first "Gambler Dr. Mabus", in this movie, Mabus appears more as a "dead man", but after he dies, he can still use his willpower (Manipulate the German intellectual class (through the Dr. Baum in the movie) and the German underworld, and then control the entire German society). Yes, combined with the German historical situation at that time, Dr. Mabus reminds us of Hitler naturally, but I don't think so. He is more like a strongman and a superman that the people yearn for in the chaotic German society. , a character in their fantasy. (They don't even care that he might be a "badass"). As Dr. Baum said in the movie: "Dr. Mabus knows that the best way to save the world is to destroy and destroy! The legacy in his mind will change the world!" Let's do it again Hear what Fritz Lang himself had to say: "Some people think that in this film I envisioned Hitler coming to power in Germany, which is wrong, I just envisioned a Nietzschean superman in Germany. , of course, a relatively lame Superman. (It seems that Fritz Lang also disliked Nietzsche [laughs])
Finally, I want to talk about two important elements in this film that are easily overlooked, religion and love." Mabu Lili, the girlfriend of Thomas, a renegade from Dr. Thomas, is the face of both elements in the movie. No matter how many bad things Thomas tells Lili he has done, she keeps saying to him, tenderly, "I love you"! It was also she who helped Thomas get rid of the evil "Dr. Mabus crime group", imagine, can there be such a perfect woman in this world?
So, she should be the symbol of the angel in the movie.

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Extended Reading
  • Lavonne 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    Master Fritz Lang needs no explanation!

  • Gilda 2022-03-25 09:01:22

    8.5/10. ①The police investigate three things at the same time: the mad policeman, the mastermind behind the counterfeit banknotes, and the shooting at the street, all of whom are behind Mabus in the mental hospital (a very influential madman, alluding to Hitler ), and a sideline under Mabus who struggles with morality and making money for his lover. In general, there is no distinction between primary and secondary narrative procrastination. ② High-level "Nosferatu"-style live-action shooting combined with expressionism (of course, the overall level is not as good as "No"); a long shot of the movement of living people-Mabus ghost-living people expresses the realistic "spiritual feeling" ”; the terrifying Mabus ghost and haunted spirit as the abbot looked at the will. ③The group of cars honked their horns to cover up the gunshots of the murder. ④Generally exaggerated performances sometimes increase the dramatic tension, and sometimes appear embarrassing.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse quotes

  • Karetzky: What becomes of it, I ask you? We buy cocaine with it, morphine, heroin, opium, whatever you call all that crap. And instead of making a killing off the dope and fleecing the types who are crazy for the stuff, they practically give it away.

  • Karetzky: What good does it do the boss to pump the world full of dope and not make any money off it?