11-01-2008, 11:20 PM
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First Line Centre
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In the 17th round of the CP Movie Draft, Direct2Video selects Fritz Lang's M (1931) in the Foreign category.
Some really great quotes about "M" by Roger Ebert:
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When you watch "M,'' you see a hatred for the Germany of the early 1930s that is visible and palpable...the entire movie consists of men seen in shadows, in smokefilled dens, in disgusting dives, in conspiratorial conferences.
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Many early talkies felt they had to talk all the time, but Lang allows his camera to prowl through the streets and dives, providing a rat's-eye view. One of the film's most spectacular shots is utterly silent, as the captured killer is dragged into a basement to be confronted by the city's assembled criminals, and the camera shows their faces: hard, cold, closed, implacable.
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A trailer/montage:
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