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    Fritz Lang's 1931 masterpiece is quite a harrowing experience in light of what is happening in a German city in panic as a child is murdered just as the film opens. The film has chilling suspense with social commentary, not very common for 1931. Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert is at the top of his game. But I had some reservations about this 84 year old classic. First of all, I'm not troubled by the German subtitles but they move so quickly even a pretty fast reader gets left behind. Then there's the problem that there is too much shouting in the film, some warranted, but a lot just associated with the German delivery. It always seems like individuals are making speeches. There are several scenes done as one take, so long as each character, giving his views on the murderous proceedings are again so boisterous and loud and boring! ~ Fritz Lang is a genius, but he should have tried to muffle down the German delivery in a pretty drastic way. The film's ultimate message is very important and a novelty for 1931, but I did not enjoy the film as much as I thought I would. It might be a classic, but that, inevitably, means very little if the film is annoying at times by reasons quoted above.

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    pietroantoni@  29.5.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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