You thought Dolph Lundgren, Meryl Streep, and Darth Sidious couldn’t co-habitate. You were wrong, Padawan.
This near-complete restoration of Lang’s silent masterpiece is nothing if not the non-Criterion Blu-ray release of the year.
The newly restored print of Fritz Lang’s gorgeous, disturbing, and sometimes absurd silent masterpiece is a revelation.
Lang’s film is a monumental achievement about monumental egos.
Warmly tinted and liltingly scored, this is a particularly fetching transfer, particularly considering the film’s rather obscure status.
The film is of interest mainly for its peculiar combination of immaculate form and clumsy content.
“Tsi-Nan-Fu!” Go forth and do the bidding I have coded in this review.
All appearances and hypnotic suggestions to the contrary, identity is Dr. Mabuse’s wager of choice.