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TheArshMan
9Oct11
Wow! This was a mesmerizing experience, and one I will never forget. Can't wait to watch the sequals.
Matthew_Lucas
9Sep11
The first part of a trilogy that Lang would work on until the end of his career, DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER is an epic paranoid thriller about a criminal mastermind who uses hypnosis to manipulate the stock market and high stakes gambling. More subtle than other German Expressionist films, this was a direct inspiration for the film noir genre. Overlong (at 4 hours), but still engrossing and atmospheric.
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Mark Ayala
20Aug11
The longest version of this runs at about 270min (with both parts combined), not 242min as is listed here. Also, might be tricky to least regardless considering silent film depends on the speed it's being projected at (anyways, I'm guessing the running times are based of their digital transfers, right?).
Pierluigi Puccini
30Jun11
An ambitious tale that blends crime, mystery and horror. Starring an arch villain who lays in the same snake pit with the likes of Fu Manchu, Svengali, professor Moriarty, Fantomas and dear old Dr. Caligari. despite its excessive duration, it delivers a superb interpretation by Rudolf Klein-Rogge and the visual power of Fritz Lang, master in the creation of unnerving and nightmarish atmospheres to accentuate the twisted psyche of this peculiar and mephistophelian character.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
8Oct10
Maybe it's a bit bloated and doesn't exactly equal the sum of its parts, but Fritz Lang's breakthrough film is so much spine-tingling fun! It's bold, dark, and melodramatic like every German expressionist film should be. The finale had my cinephile heart beating all over the place.
Thomaz Amancio
2Oct10
An incredibly dinamic 4-hour silent movie, with one of the most iconic villains of cinema (a psychoanalyst). An epic of crime, madness and evil. Total masterpiece.
Neil Bahadur
22Jul10
Of Langs films, only Die Nibelungen, M, and The Big Heat are superior to this masterpiece.
