1960 · crime · thriller · noir
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Directed by Fritz Lang1h 39m1960
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
Our read: The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · noir entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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