No blood, no gore, no nothing. Just pure classic filmmaking. Not even any music, which makes this scene so chilling. My heart sank as the mother's screams got more frantic and desperate, more than any modern horror movie can make me.
i just have to say, ive watched a few horror movies and this was the first one to make me cry out of fear. Since i was little, I always walked to school and everywhere else in my town. I always looked over my shoulder, sometimes carried a stone, always had my phone, knew to run into an adult's house for help if any adult tried to talk to me while I was walking down tthe street. Even at a little age, I knew what they would do to me. It's that same caution that has turned into my large paranoia as an adult. I am always aware of my surroundings. Even if someone tries to scare me for a laugh, I could sense their breathe getting quiet as they think I can't feel them coming up behind me. I dont let anyone stand behind me, and my hands are usually free at all times to defend myself. I am always ready. Seeing this opening scene for me brought out that fear I've had since I was a child, and knowing that the child met their doom in a terrifying way, knowing there was nothing I could do to stop it as the viewer, The film truly brings out emotion nearly 100 years after it's release. A potent work of horror, and the first of it's kind. No special effects, hardly any sound at all just amplifies the sense of fear. I am truly impressed of the monster that is Fritz Lang's M.
Little did the film makers know that it would be soon be Wagner that the the pied piper would be whistling as he sent the entire continent to its grave
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No blood, no gore, no nothing. Just pure classic filmmaking. Not even any music, which makes this scene so chilling. My heart sank as the mother's screams got more frantic and desperate, more than any modern horror movie can make me.
This scene breaks my heart every time I watch it
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"You have a beautiful ball. What is your name?" "Elsie Beckman"
i just have to say, ive watched a few horror movies and this was the first one to make me cry out of fear. Since i was little, I always walked to school and everywhere else in my town. I always looked over my shoulder, sometimes carried a stone, always had my phone, knew to run into an adult's house for help if any adult tried to talk to me while I was walking down tthe street. Even at a little age, I knew what they would do to me. It's that same caution that has turned into my large paranoia as an adult. I am always aware of my surroundings. Even if someone tries to scare me for a laugh, I could sense their breathe getting quiet as they think I can't feel them coming up behind me. I dont let anyone stand behind me, and my hands are usually free at all times to defend myself. I am always ready. Seeing this opening scene for me brought out that fear I've had since I was a child, and knowing that the child met their doom in a terrifying way, knowing there was nothing I could do to stop it as the viewer, The film truly brings out emotion nearly 100 years after it's release. A potent work of horror, and the first of it's kind. No special effects, hardly any sound at all just amplifies the sense of fear. I am truly impressed of the monster that is Fritz Lang's M.
Chilling.
Anyone else here cuz of John Trubys book?
yes
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I wonder if Hitchcock recalled the scene of gazing down the staircase when he framed Arbogast's end?
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Why no English subtitles? Since this excerpt of "M" was (apparently) posted by an English speaking person?
The beauty of this scene is that it doesn't need subtitles to be understood. That is filmmaking at its finest
@@pete7164 yeah but they’d still be nice, and little things are lost like what the girl is singing at the start.
Little did the film makers know that it would be soon be Wagner that the the pied piper would be whistling as he sent the entire continent to its grave
What do you mean?
@@Sam-qc6sz I was obliquely referring to Hitler
Does anybody know what the "shadow man" first says to her when she's playing with her ball. And what does she say back to him?
"That's a pretty ball" " what is your name" then she tells him her name