Story of a proud hotel doorman demoted for being too old.
by Alan Morrison |
Published on
Release Date:
01 Jan 2015
Running Time:
0 minutes
Certificate:
U
Original Title:
Last Laugh, The
Restored to a miraculously flicker-free picture and 5.1 orchestral sound, F. W. Murnau's story of a proud hotel doorman who is stripped of his uniform and demoted for being too old suffers from a falsely upbeat coda.
However, Karl Freund's ground-breaking and historically important cinematography can still take the breath away over 75 years on, especially in the expressionistic "drunken dream" sequence and some early Steadicam-style experiments.
Karl Freund's ground-breaking and historically important cinematography can still take the breath away.
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