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04/27/09
The Last Laugh (1924)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: One of the most brilliant of all German silent films, F.W. Murnau's THE LAST LAUGH uses a constantly moving and subjective camera to capture the emotional anguish of a man whose life is suddenly... [More]
Starring: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkirchner
Director: F.W. Murnau
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Reviews for The Last Laugh
The 1924 film in which F.W. Murnau freed his camera from its stationary tripod and took it on a flight of imagination and expression that changed the way movies were made.
04/27/09
Top Critic...can still pierce a hardened heart - especially these days, when demotions and layoffs have become a daily occurrence and the streets are full of forlorn former doormen.
03/29/09
A Murnau silent classic featuring strong Emil Jannings performance.
03/14/09
It ends with an unconvincing cop-out happy ending.
10/11/08
Walk a mile in my shoes
04/01/08
Même après plus de 80 ans, The Last Laugh demeure un film qui ne vieillit tout simplement pas.
07/04/07
Widely regarded as an expressionist masterpiece.
08/29/06
There are no titles in this film -- merely a few inserts to guide the viewer. And yet one is never in doubt as to the action of this admirable picture, which is a remarkable piece of direction, with exquisite lighting effects.
03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
09/26/05
No review available.
07/17/05
One of the darkest commentaries (intra- and extratextually) on the cost of comfort and compromise in art and life.
04/19/05
I'll make the radical claim that losing around ten minutes would have made the film flawless. But it's almost made up for by that ending...
10/31/04
No review available.
07/08/04
The film is notable for its smooth, moving, tracking camera and its complete lack of intertitles, making it a true universal experience.
03/16/04
One of the most influential films of the 1920s....As Eisentein in Russia was to silent-era editing, Murnau was his counterpart in virtuoso camerawork.
03/12/04
the true star remains Murnau's remarkable camera work
02/12/04
No review available.
08/22/03
The film was liberated enough to need only one narrative title board to help tell its story, it proved an important development towards the director's purist, set-free chiaroscuro in Faust.
05/24/03
No review available.
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