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M

by · 2000

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This text reconnects Mto its significance as an event in 1931 Germany, recapturing the film's extraordinary social and symbolic energy. Interweaving close reading with cultural history, Anton Kaes reconstitutes Mas a modernist artwork. He also analyzes Joseph Losey's 1951 film noir remake.

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literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
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moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 96 pages

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