M (1931)

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 5 5:01

''I can't help what I do! I can't help it, I can't... '' When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. Peter Lorre: Hans Beckert ''I... I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!'' In the world of film, there is certain subject matter that is just too taboo to be explored by mainstream filmmakers. Even now, with Hollywood's shameless predilection for blood, sex, and drugs, some topics are still just too incredulous to address. Movies that contain serious portrayals of homosexual romance, scenes of rape, or strong anti-governmental themes are certainly unusual in Hollywood; but the biggest way to guarantee a permanent shun from most film studio...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Sep 28 21:17

"What do you know about it? Who are you anyway? Who are you? Criminals? Are you proud of yourselves? Proud of breaking safes or cheating at cards? Things you could just as well keep your fingers off. You wouldn't need to do all that if you'd learn a proper trade or if you'd work. If you weren't a bunch of lazy bastards. But I... I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!" In German, the word "Mörder" is translated as "murderer". Fritz Lang's M is a revolutionary classic of worldwide cinema (it made an especially influential impact on German filmmaking), and its eerily straightforward title is derived from the German word "Mörder". M is an expressive, supremely haunting venture into the workings of a serial killer ...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 16 17:32

This film has an incredibly high rating both here and on Imdb. Being a potentiator of the film noir genre I thought I'd find a film that I would really enjoy, considering my soft spot for film noir classics. I don't think this is a bad film at all, it's just not what I expected considering it has so much internet acclaim! I have no problem with the primitive sound used, nor the fact that it is in German and subtitled. I just felt pretty concerned that this film didn't really make me feel anything until the final scenes. The final scene in this film really is something special and it probably made up for the rest of the film when I watched it through. It is intense and for the first time I felt some sort of empathy for the characters, even though it was for the character you were not su...Read more

Rating : 7/10