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Superbe!, 2 décembre 2003
Ce commentaire fait référence à cette édition : The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel) [Import USA Zone 1] (DVD)
Ce fim est un chef d'oeuvre du cinéma allemand des années 30. Emil Jannings, "le monstre sacré", y est exceptionnel et Marlène Dietrich, provocante et magnifique. L'homme victime de son propre désir, la spirale passionnelle et déstructrice... Aucun réalisateur n'a traité ces sujets avec autant de force et de flamboyance.
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Death disguised as love, 21 septembre 2008
I have owned and watched several versions of this film. I even have the film script. I would say that the Kino two DVD versions is the best presentation so far. I watched both the English and German versions I find the story depressing but the telling of it and the acting fascinating.
A real added plus is the commentary by German Film Historian Werner Sedendorf. He brought up information directly relating to the film at the time it was relevant. Then he left some berating room so you could absorb and experience the information. To many commentaries turn into soap-box discussions or rill in slow times with useful information that however is irrelevant to the film at the time. The film has so much hidden death and lost culture that after the commentary you will have to watch it again.
The English version is not really entirely English. Enough English is presented that the German in-between is clear enough to follow the story. However the German version is spoken clear without mumbling and lacks any slang that would force the casual follower to rush for a dictionary.
The basic story is as Federico Garcia Lorca describes in his play, "The butterfly's Evil Spell", death in disguise of love. Prof. Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings), a person afraid of life, starts out to save his students, who want to embrace life, from a fate worse than death. In the process he meats an entertainer, Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich). She inadvertently is the instrument of the Professors downfall from grace.
The magic of the film is more in the telling of the story through acting, sound, and symbolism than the story its self.
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