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 Barnes & Noble A seminal serial-killer classic with the most horrific subject imaginable -- the murder of children -- M was the first sound film made by German director Fritz Lang, who soon thereafter began a successful career in Hollywood. It also turned out to be the first true masterpiece of the sound era. Ms grim story centers on the search for a compulsive child killer (Peter Lorre), pursued not only by the police, but by Berlins underworld as well. The killers obsessive whistling of a haunting theme by Edvard Grieg is a famous touch, made all the more frightening by the fact that the film has no other music, save for that same theme, in full orchestration, used over the opening and closing titles. The lack of musical score also accentuates Ms semi-documentary feel, as it lays out in clinical detail the state-of-the-art police procedures of the period, while eschewing any scenes of the murders themselves. Dark and visually striking, M ultimately raises some questions about justice and sanity that are still debated today. Gregory Baird Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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