The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse [1962] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Fritz Langs missverstandenes Meisterwerk.......2000-09-21

Dieser letzte Film von Fritz Lang wird in Deutschland immer als schwach eingeschätzt, was aber an der Unkenntnis von Langs Gesamtwerk liegt. Dieser Film steht in stilistischer Tradition zu "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler"

von 1922 sowie "The Woman in the Window" von 1944 und auch "Beyond a reasonable Doubt" von 1956. Zahlreiche Anspielungen machen dieses Werk Langs zum Spiegelbild seiner über 40 Filme. Die gewählte Thematik lässt sich für 1960 nur als visionär bezeichnen, denn atomare Bedrohung durch Terroristen und die Angst vor totaler Überwachung mit moderner Technik sind jetzt 40 jahre später topaktuell. Vergleiche mit "M" oder "Metropolis" hinken, denn den Stil von "M" legte Lang bereits nach "Fury" von 1936 absichtlich wieder ab und die Innovationen von "M" waren Mittel zum Zwecke des neuen Tonfilmmediums. Fritz Lang war kein Erfinder sondern er suchte mit handwerklicher Präzision nach Atmosphäre. Und ein SF-Film, in dem Autos und Flugzeuge von 1926 vorkommen (Metropolis), ist wirklich keine kreative Messlatte. "Die tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse" ist ein Film den ich lieben gelernt habe und den ich mir bestimmt noch 1000 mal ansehen werde (daher wahrscheinlich der Titel)!

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Our 2-year-old loves it

Best. video in the Spot series I've seen so far

Spot's Magical Christmas And Other Adventures
Starring: Josie Lawrence , Paul Nicholas , and Jane Horrocks
Manufacturer: Abbey Home Media
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0002XOZ5Q
Release Date: 2004-11-22

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Our 2-year-old loves it.......2005-12-30

Surprisingly adult-watchable by the standards of most toddler-TV, the acid test is of course what our not-quite-2-year-old made of it. Well, normally unable to keep still for even 2 seconds, said toddler sits motionless and transfixed in fascination, merely uttering the word "ray-ear" whenever the reindeer appear. I rest my case.

If I was to have any quibbles at all, the live-action bits between the short episodes following the "main feature" seem a bit contrivied, the extra episodes may be familiar from other tapes/DVDs, albeit with more up-to-date narration, and (as always with toddler DVDs), you never get that many minutes of material for your money, but these are trifles. All in all, money well spent.

Best. video in the Spot series I've seen so far.......2005-08-03

As a Spot sound book collector and one that's on the quest to watch all the Spot episodes and specials, I'd say this is by far the best of the bunch I've seen so far. And I've almost seen them all, including the "It's Fun to Learn with Spot" series. The only one episode I haven't seen, at least not completely, is the "Spot and His Grandparents Go To the Carnival" special, which I caught only a split-second of on TV in Singapore little more than 5 years ago and got me started on this journey.

In any case, in this special, Spot meets with some reindeers who work for Santa and somehow lost the sleigh while testing it. The reindeers do the tango, Spot goes gather up his friends and go find the sleigh. Then Spot is whisked off to the North Pole, visits Santa's workshop, and then back home again.

The dialog is the most witty I've seen in the Spot series so far, and the lips of the characters actually move to reflect the speech - something that was not done before (due to the fact that in the series, the entire story is basically just narrated and voiced by one person).

All in all, it's a nice special. My copy of "Spot and His Grandparents go to the Carnival" should be in my mail anytime soon, so we can see how this one holds out to it then. Until then, I consider this one of best, if not the best, of the bunch.

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Spot's Magical Christmas And Other Adventures
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Manufacturer: Abbey Home Media
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000WC8QN4
Release Date: 2007-11-05

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