M (1931) by Fritz Lang, Clip: The Beggars' Union - a miracle two minute, 24 seconds tracking shot...

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Published on May 11, 2024 12:34:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8T4AsS0I38

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The Image: "Is't possible?" (to quote Shakespeare!) A tracking shot this long and sophisticated in 1931?
(When Lang - or his Cinematographer, Fritz Arno Wagner - move away from the cafe downstairs - https://aestheticoftheimage1.files.wordpress.com/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-11-at-13.48.35.png?w=1024 - and push their camera through the window - https://aestheticoftheimage1.files.wordpress.com/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-11-at-13.47.14.png?w=1024 (upstairs, I think) to spy on the criminals organising their activities, ending with that wonderful, slightly louche shot of Der Schränker (https://aestheticoftheimage1.files.wordpress.com/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-11-at-13.46.55.png?w=1024) I of course think of Antonioni, many years later in The Passenger - sort of doing the opposite: https://youtu.be/lBMy9BPmUkw?si=I2emsj5_GZzpJaz5&t=49
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Fritz Lang looked like this: https://static.dw.com/image/5149524_605.jpg

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