#dr mabuse

[doomed-jester]

Refusing to get over my friend telling me I didn't like Oppenheimer because I "don't like long movies." I watch lots of long movies. Dr Mabuse der Spieler is one of my favorite films, honestly, and that's around 4 hours. I'm actively watching a 5 hour long silent film about Napoleon right now. I love long movies. I didn't like Oppenheimer because it sucked.

#film #cinema #movies #oppenheimer #dr mabuse #dr. mabuse der spieler #dr. mabuse the gambler #Napoleon #fritz lang #abel gance #silent film #german expressionism #french cinema #christopher nolan

[darchildre]

My favorite thing in Dr Mabuse der Spieler so far is this extremely German Expressionist restaurant.

#the angles are so good #and the weird statue in the foreground is fantastic #if there was a german expressionist restaurant near me i would eat there all the time #just for the set dressing #dr mabuse

[patart-illustrations-stuff]

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

#fritz lang #dr mabuse #the testament of dr mabuse #doctor mabuse

[artsofpop]

#movie #film #director #actor #actress #cinema #dr mabuse #fritz lang #silent cinema #silent movies #silent film #old hollywood #german movies #german film #german expressionism #rudolf klein-rogge #decade: 1920s #1920s #black and white #black and white movie #black and white film #dr mabuse der spieler #dr mabuse the gambler

[autolenaphilia]

The 1922 film Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler (“Spieler” can be translated as gambler or player) is a really good film, even if it might not seem appealing today. It’s very long, 4 hours and 30 minutes in total, and was released in two parts because of this. And being from 1922 it is of course a silent film.

Yet it earns its runtime by being actually rather good. Its director Fritz Lang was relatively young at the time, but he demonstrates a fine grasp of the craft of filmmaking. The storytelling is advanced for the time, yet easily understandable. There are some beautiful imagery in this, some really impressive shots and special effects work.

The star of the show is of course Dr. Mabuse himself, played by Rudolf Klein-Rogge, who is having a blast. He is a scheming mastermind criminal in the vein of Professor Moriarty and Fantomas. It’s great fun seeing Mabuse develop complicated schemes and wear elaborate disguises to execute. He has such skill with hypnosis that it makes him border on a comic-book supervillain.

The film in general is a major influence on modern crime thrillers. You get an early feature film car-chase and a climactic shoot-out scene.

It’s great pulpy fun, and Klein-Rogge as Mabuse predictably dominates the film. The “good” opposition is kinda weak in comparison, although Bernhard Goetzke as the heroic detective and State prosecutor Wenk is better than most in providing a good guy counterpart to such a charismatic villain. I really liked Gertrude Welcker as a sybaritic but sympathetic aristocratic woman.

The interpretation of Mabuse is two-fold. Mabuse isn’t explicitly identified as jewish, but an anti-semitic interpretation can easily be made. Some of his disguises definitely are based on jewish stereotypes. His main persona is a psychoanalyst, a profession associated with jewish people because of Freud. He is an inherently scheming and conspiratorial figure. He is also associated with symbols of Weimar German decadence, such as drugs, gambling, and prostitution. He hatches economic conspiracies with counterfeit money and stockmarket manipulation which reflect German economic problems and ascribe them to a conspiratorial bad actor. Both the writer of the original novel Norbert Jacques and screenwriter Thea von Harbou and actor Klein-Rogge later ended up working with the nazis (how much it was ideology or opportunism is hard to tell in all three cases).

Yet director Fritz Lang had Jewish roots and had to flee Nazi Germany. And an anti-semitic reading is possible, but never remotely made explicit. The other reading is that Mabuse is a figure of the manipulative authoritarian leader, a premonition of the rise of Hitler, which is how Lang viewed him later on.

You can read the film as a criticism of the Nietzchean rhetoric the naizs loved. Mabuse eventually reveals his justifications for his actions, which are a take on Nietzsche and his concept of the übermensch. He thinks he is beyond the law and conventional concepts of morality due to his superior abilities and strong will. He outright cites “the will to power.” And in the end his nietzschean ideals are disproven, as he ends up defeated. He locks up blind people in a room to count his fake money for him, and when through his own mistakes ends up locked in the same room with no chance of rescue, it breaks him. He can’t handle the same fate he condemns disabled people to. Like Nietzsche in real life, Mabuse ends up in a state of near-catatonia. In the sequel made by Lang about a decade later he is in a mental hospital.

Mabuse is a very ambiguous figure and which way you read the film is up to you. Still, it’s still great entertainment over a hundred years after its release.

#my writings #dr mabuse #fritz lang #movie review

[fleetshotter-minstrel]

#propaganda #uk rock #1980s rock #dr mabuse #youtube

[shamaya-16]

 «El amor no existe, la suerte no existe, el destino no existe, solo la voluntad de poder.

-Dr Mabuse

#dr mabuse #amor #suerte

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Propaganda (1985)

#propaganda #claudia brücken #susanne freytag #80s bands #new wave #80s synth-pop #ralf dörper #michael mertens #german bands #dr. mabuse #photography #peter brown #1980s #1985

[minayuri]

"There is a foreign element among us!"

Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922) | dir. Fritz Lang

#rudolf klein-rogge #gertrude welcker #alfred abel #dr. mabuse the gambler #dr. mabuse der spieler (1922) #dr. mabuse #countess dusy told #count told #1920s #fritz lang #classic film #silent film #german cinema #weimar cinema #german expressionism #screencaps #séance #classicfilmsource #dailyworldcinema #my post

[sixty-silver-wishes]

Roasting you based on your favorite of these German Expressionist films

(this post is a joke; don't take it too seriously lol)

Metropolis: You've got spicy political opinions and daddy issues. You were doing great in life until you found out how corrupt capitalism is sometime in high school or college, and it's absolutely mind-boggling to you that nobody else is batting an eyelid at all the injustices of the world because they're too busy defending the concept of a 40-hour work week. You're constantly checking your privilege and everyone else's, too. Or you just want to bang a robot. That's probably it.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Okay, I could make a joke about you being emo, or you liking the most basic film on the list, but that's not really the issue here. Your Hot Topic fashion sense and shitty drugstore eyeliner are nowhere near as concerning as the fact that you have no idea who the hell you are without them. You constantly overthink everything and are great at solving everyone's problems but your own, and you're averaging like 4 hours of sleep on a good night. You can't get your intrusive thoughts to leave you alone and if you relate to literally any character in this film, you need to get help. It's okay; I promise your therapist doesn't secretly hate you.

M: You're a surprisingly sweet and empathetic person for someone whose favorite film on this list is about a child murderer. You care deeply about others and are very much in tune with yourself, but unfortunately, everything you say is so off-putting that most people don't get that vibe about you. If they actually gave you a chance, they'd find that you have a great personality, but they don't, so instead you're stuck at home stalking your ex's vacation photos on social media.

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler: You like the finer things in life. You're high-maintenance, your tastes are classy and expensive, and you actually know how wine tasting works. However, you're way too into conspiracy theories and pyramid schemes for your own good, and your cultured proclivities are deeply undercut by the fact that you probably got into Bitcoin when that was a thing. Your two career paths are either "businessperson" or "cult leader," and it's concerningly difficult to discern which one you're on.

Nosferatu: Your sense of humor relies entirely on recycling memes that are at least a decade old, and the fact that you communicate nearly entirely in pop culture references is your attempt at disguising the fact that you're really bad at socializing. You think you have lots of great ideas that make perfect sense, but most people don't know what the hell you're going on about. However, you've got one or two ride or die friends who love you for who you are, cringe and all. Keep being you, Nosferatu fan. Never change.

The Student of Prague: I'm not sure this one is actually anyone's favorite film, but if this was yours, you were into shipping the Onceler with himself when that was a thing. You're super competitive, but you have a tendency to overwork yourself and burn out quickly, so now you're living off of Top Ramen and protein bars. People love to tell you that you "have potential" and "just need to apply yourself," but what they don't get is that you're stressed 24/7 and won't give yourself a break because you're trying so hard to satisfy your own impossible standards. Please take a nap.

Der Golem: You're great with children, small animals, and potted plants, but that's because literally anyone else you have to deal with fucking pisses you off. The absolute audacity of everyone around you means you're never not two seconds away from throwing hands, but honestly? You're always right and you should say it. You're actually a really nice person, but people keep pushing you to your limit and you're sick of it. On an unrelated note, you probably work in customer service.

Different from the Others: If this is your favorite film and you're a member of the LGBT community, that's perfectly understandable. It was a monumental achievement in LGBT cinema in the early 20th century and, despite being somewhat dated by today's standards due to the time period it was created in, largely holds up as an educational, yet tragic, piece of cinema. That being said, if you're a straight/cis/allo person and this is your favorite film, what is going on with you. I want to study you in a lab. How did you find this film. Come to think of it, how did you even get into German Expressionist cinema to begin with. I just want to know

Der Januskopf: [REDACTED]

Genuine: You're a "Caligari" fan who doesn't want to seem basic like the rest of the "Caligari" fans, so somehow you ended up here. You don't actually like this film aside from the visuals. Nobody actually likes this film. You want so, so badly to like this film, so you lie to yourself, just like you do about everything else.

#german expressionism #silent films #silent movies #metropolis #the cabinet of dr. caligari #m 1931 #dr. mabuse the gambler #der golem #nosferatu #the student of prague #different from the others #der januskopf #genuine 1920

[weirdlookindog]

Rika Dialina in The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse, 1964)

#die todesstrahlen des dr. mabuse #the death ray of dr. mabuse #rika dialina #1960s movies #1964 #hugo fregonese #victor de santis #krimi #thriller

[darchildre]

I have now watched approximately one third of Dr Mabuse, der Spieler, and I swear to god at least a quarter of the run time so far has been watching dudes put on different disguises.

This is not a complaint - I am thoroughly enjoying it. But man, that's a lot of fake mustaches.

#dr mabuse

[patart-illustrations-stuff]

The testament of Dr.Mabuse

#Dr Mabuse #Fritz Lang

[sixtysilverwishes-art]

Thank you so much to @minayuri for donating to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund for this Dr. Mabuse the Gambler charity commission! I had so much fun drawing it :)))

The inked version:

#art #drawing #artists on tumblr #expressionism #german expressionism #dr. mabuse the gambler #dr. mabuse der spieler #fritz lang #silent film #classic film #commission #commissions open #art commissions #charity commission

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

this week i married john wayne bobbitt (2002) - dottie brewer

“everything happens so much”

#im so sorry i missed the anniversary #hope this makes up for it #dr mabuse and hannibal #are both like #characters named suspiciously #how did no one know what was going on #anyway #blackout poem #blackout poetry #author #book #poetry #horse ebooks

[doomed-jester]

A lot of people make the connection between German Expressionism (a favorite movement in cinema for me) and Batman through an indirect route, the visual style of Tim Burton. I will concede that Burton's films are some of the most overt nods to Expressionism you'll find in this franchise, but I honestly sincerely think the roots go deeper.

A lot of people know (or at least will frequently suggest) that Joker's design was originally inspired by Conrad Veidt's character in Paul Leni's The Man Who Laughs (1928)

It's not hard to see why. But I really think it goes deeper than this. I remember there was more to this, but the big thing that I can recall at the time of writing is this...

Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922) is a notable film by director Fritz Lang, but more importantly... you can't look at the main character, Mabuse himself, and tell me that wasn't a visual inspiration for the Penguin! Mabuse is even a crime lord who uses convoluted schemes! He would fit right in with Batman's rogues!

I'm telling you, I've got the corkboard out, I wholeheartedly believe that there was some influence from expressionist cinema in those golden age comics.

#batman #joker #penguin #oswald cobblepot #the man who laughs #conrad veidt #golden age #comics #detective comics #dc #dc comics #dr. mabuse the gambler #fritz lang #paul leni #expressionism #german expressionism