last five minutes

Reginald 2022-03-20 09:01:34

The title is from a short review I saw, which is probably "the last five minutes are really shocking". Some movies may be really excellent, but they are only excellent for a few minutes, but this is called an excellent movie because of these few minutes.

I was thinking about this short review at the time, and with the attitude of giving it a try, I saw the time almost approaching the last five minutes. I also suspected that this was a temptation for others to keep reading and wasting time, because there are so many in front of me. It can be summed up in a few sentences.

After watching this movie, I finally understood that it was the last five minutes that were worth watching. It's enough to understand it before, and then skip to watch these five minutes. The people watching it are very worried and very emotional.

Looking at this 1931 film from a modern perspective, I think it is incomparable with many excellent suspense films today. The most obvious is the procrastination of the plot and the boringness of the long shots.

But there is no doubt that this film will eventually become a classic, and I will not swear it. If I say something arrogant, people who know it will naturally understand it.

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Extended Reading
  • 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.

  • Davonte 2022-03-24 09:01:35

    The mystery of the first perverted serial murderer in film history was revealed as early as when the psychoanalytic portrait was described at the beginning. The best way for German expressionism (four-to-three still life composition + Pietro's perfect performance) to enter the audio-suspense film is still fresh, good-looking and interesting after almost 90 years. The way Fritz Lang selects and arranges the material is really a master shot of the mother waiting for the child to go home, the group portrait of the society in a mess The distinction between oral justice and private law. Hand-held, body-moving cross-cuts are a timeless masterpiece.

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!