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Fritz Lang's 'Die Nibelungen'

posted 17 years ago by gayspiritwarrior
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Anyone who wants to see how a master director handled this story should look for the restored version of Fritz Lang's "Die Nibelungen." It's in two parts, "Siegfried," and "Kreimhild's Revenge." The DVD is available. It's a silent film, with special effects that broke ground for their time and still work in the context of the film. The DVD uses the original score played by a full orchestra at the movie's first run.

http://www.leninimports.com/fritz_lang_the_nibelungen.html

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[–] james1971 17 years ago

I know it, I've even seen it recently

But, of course, it is something totally different, with a rather philological attitude toward the original saga; something one couldn't say for this movie, indeed

[–] james1971 16 years ago

I watched it some time ago

It is something totally different, more philological (as it has already been said)

[–] gayspiritwarrior 16 years ago

I don't understand what you mean by a philological attitude. Certainly, philological discussions have been written and conducted concerning the Nibelung saga and how various artists--Wagner, Lang, et al--have used it; but what is there about Lang's films, themselves, that is innately philological?

"The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it."--Oscar Wilde