Title:
M
Uniform Title:
M (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9780780029095
Edition:
Special ed.; standard format (1.19:1).
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unp. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
General Note:
Cast list and production credits from program notes.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes & Eric Rentschler; color bars.
Special features (disc 2): "Conversation with Fritz Lang" by William Friedkin (c1975, 49 min.); "M le maudit" short film by Claude Chabrol (c1982, 11 min.); interview with Chabrol about Lang (7 min.); interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of producer Seymour Nebenzal (c2004, 14 min.); classroom tapes of editor Paul Falkenberg discussing "M" and its history (c1976-1977, 36 min.); "The physical history of M" featurette (c2004, 25 min.); gallery, with production stills, behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Booklet includes an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman ("The mark of 'M'"); 3 contemporaneous articles about the film ("My film 'M' : a factual report", "Fritz Lang's 'M' : filmed sadism" & "Gangsters, too, have their professional honor"); interview with Lang by Gero Gandert ("Fritz Lang on 'M' : an interview", c1963).
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Conversation with Fritz Lang.
M le maudit.
Physical history of M.
Summary:
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
System Details:
DVD; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.
Language Note:
IN GERMAN, WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
