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"Asphalt:" are you violently opposed to watching silent films? This gem from Germany

Posted by tinear on March 9, 2011 at 11:28:03:
may just change your mind. Joe May was a leading film maker from 1910-20 Germany; Fritz Lang was a proteg�--- and you can tell. Brilliant mise en scene, crisp editing, no nonsense acting--- none of the affectations so common to American films, in other words.
A smitten young cop decides to try rehabilitating a flapper and, though the script is hardly original, the performances and twists aren't stultifying.
The most incredible, unforgettable seduction scene I've ever seen brilliantly showcases the magnetism and expressiveness of the wicked temptress played by Betty Amann. Gustav Froelich, the protagonist of "Metropolis," is the straight cop, though not the one-dimensional one so common across the Atlantic.
This is a very good little film that could teach modern day filmmakers a thing or two.