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Der Verlorene (1951)
An extraordinary masterpiece, an adequate film for this context.
Der Verlorene is an extraordinary film noir not only as text but also in its context. This film disappeared after only ten days from german screens although most critics said that it´s the best german film after WW II. The reasons are very simple: First, it was too late. This film five years earlier in 1946 would have been the Trümmerfilm par excellance. Compare it to Die Mörder sind unter uns and you will see the huge difference. Second, in the upcoming era of Wirtschaftswunder no one in whole Western Germany wanted a reminder on what their industry and morality was build on: the Third Reich. Consider this, when Marlene Dietrich came back to Germany many people shouted: Go home! In the 1950s one producer said about Fritz Kortner: Hitler could have burnt more Jews. This way of thinking wasn´t elimated and still it´s not. Nowadays WW II is good for action flics (Saving Private Ryan and all this crap) or love stories (for example this desaster Enemy at the Gates). It´s depressing but one shouldn´t get mad over it. Just see Der Verlorene and you will see there were people how to handle this topic in an adequate manner. Maybe there are some filmmakers out there who still know. Let´s hope for it.
The Exorcist (1973)
The one and only
Now that I´ve seen `The Exorcist´ again in its digitally remastered version (some underlining effects, quite nice but not necessary) I have to confess: The Exorcist is the one and only scary movie. Settled somewhere between Independent, Art-Film and, of course, Mainstream it´s high above this inflating Urban-Legends-Scream-stuff. A film that needs only a few moments to scare you, deeply. Moments you will never forget, contrary to so many horror movies. Just think of this naturalistic atmoshpere of this scaring seventies. Only few movies reach the height of `The Exorcist´.