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Destiny – 1921 Lang
- Not his debut (8th film according to IMDB) but my first in the archives for Lang
- Quite an epic with the story in 3 parts clearly influenced by Griffith’s intolerance (Mideast story line, Spanish story line and Chinese story line)
- Post great war pesimism “a ravaged town”
- Early Lang really loves his chapter breaks like the mabuse films- works here really well with the 3 part story
- Incredible mise-en-scene work- standouts include some of the shots with 10+ large candle and some of the lighting walking up to death’s house on the stairs
- Early portrayal of death- which of course is done most famously by bergman in the seventh seal (1957)
- Love vs death clear story/narrative
- The film, special effects (on display in Chinese narrative especially with magician story line) and mostly the mise-en-scene size, grandeur and detail is really a brilliant foreshadowing of the work in metropolis to come later in 1927
- Top 5 of the year quality
- Highly Recommend/Must-See border leaning towards MS
Drake2017-02-27T16:00:35+00:00
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