MOVIEART AUSTIN HAS A VERY NICE ONE SHEET FROM THIS FILM IF ANYONE IS LISTENING. THIS WAS A COPY THAT BRUCE HERSHENSON SOLD LONG AGO AND IT IS CONSIGNED TO US. THEY DON'T COME UP THAT OFTEN.
KIRBY On Jun 16, 2012, at 12:50 AM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: > there was a question as to whether or not the Testament of Dr Mabuse was a > sequel to Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler (Mabuse the Gambler) > > well I popped in the Criterion restoration dvd and so far there have been 2 > connections mentioned > > 1) early in the film, when the head of the insane asylum is giving a class, > he talks about the sequence that ended the first film concerning the > elongated shoot-out that resulted in the deaths of some gang members, and the > capture of others, including Mabuse, who had gone insane at the end of the > movie, before he was captured. > > 2) I'm at 55 minutes in and the lab technician has just identified the name > that Hofmeister had scratched into a window pane as a message - Mabuse. > > So Inspector Lohman is in his office trying to recall who Mabuse was when he > has the epiphany = "Herr Dr Mabuse" to which his assistant who is up at a > higher level on a ladder retrieving some files and he says "Yes Herr > Kommissar, cases from 1920-1921, Mabuse Der Spieler" > > > so there can be no doubt that this is a sequel (as I already knew) > > but while I am here, I actually wonder if Fritz Lang intended the Mabuse > films and M as something of a sequence of tales, as in M, the Homicide Chief > is none other than..... Inspector Lohman, also played by Otto Wernicke. Glad > I watched M earlier this week on HULU > > I may have to find my Fritz Lang book written by Peter Bogdanovich to find > out some info if there is any > > Rich > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
