Not for one second did I 'almost want him to get' the little girl. Not at all. My personal identification was with the girl, not the hunter/predator. More like "Run, Bambi run!" I felt relieved when she encountered her mum.
My favorite part: the camera tracking the little girl that begins at 1:20. We hear the killer's whistling, and we assume we're in the killer's point of view and seeing the little girl as he sees her--as quarry, as something to be destroyed in satisfying his desires. We almost want him to get what he needs; we almost want her dead. Then she meets her mother, and the camera turns back to reveal the killer hiding in the frame. We weren't in his p.o.v.! For a few moments, we were hunting her.
Omg that face he does at 3:20 is scary!! Peter Lorre was the best actor ever...there isn't one role he couldn't play and no two were ever similar. Its sucks Hollywood kept him as a freaky character actor because of his looks. On the other hand in my eyes he is the most gorgeous man I ever seen in my life .
@postalcode2934 no its the one the baby scandal or something like that where they pretend to be babies - in the cut scene where the family is all in the tub the dad hands ren and stimpy to the grandpa and he whistles that exact tune.
Oww..no offense but when Lorre started whistling, the sound cracked and I had to rub my ears for the rest of the scene....
BUT regardless this was one of the most impressive, ingenuitive films I ever saw. It was the second time I had seen Peter Lorre (first time was the Maltese Falcon) and the performance was BRILLIANT!!! It was fun to watch as well, for I have been studying the German language since five years (7th grade-12th grade/present) and it is films like this that make me glad I did.
Whats with that strange curio shop? if that arrow going down to the spiralling hypnotic swirling circles isn't a simulated subliminal symbolic sex insinuation I don't know what is.
It's "like" he's aroused by a child? He is indeed in every sense aroused by a child. There's no question about it. It's supposed to bother you. It's supposed to portray a man who is tortured by demons that he cannot control.
I was never clear on what exactly went on in this man's mind. Obviously he felt compelled to kill, and the film strongly suggests it was a sexual compulsion (the way he targets girls, etc.). At the same time, he seems to be a child himself - with that round childlike face, the way he stares gleefully at the knives like a child looking at toys in a store window. Very weird and complex character.
Not for one second did I 'almost want him to get' the little girl. Not at all. My personal identification was with the girl, not the hunter/predator. More like "Run, Bambi run!" I felt relieved when she encountered her mum.
BabyPuma124 2 months ago
My favorite part: the camera tracking the little girl that begins at 1:20. We hear the killer's whistling, and we assume we're in the killer's point of view and seeing the little girl as he sees her--as quarry, as something to be destroyed in satisfying his desires. We almost want him to get what he needs; we almost want her dead. Then she meets her mother, and the camera turns back to reveal the killer hiding in the frame. We weren't in his p.o.v.! For a few moments, we were hunting her.
vanquine 9 months ago 4
Omg that face he does at 3:20 is scary!! Peter Lorre was the best actor ever...there isn't one role he couldn't play and no two were ever similar. Its sucks Hollywood kept him as a freaky character actor because of his looks. On the other hand in my eyes he is the most gorgeous man I ever seen in my life .
JennelleBelle 1 year ago 2
Because of this movie, I feel to compelled to whistle "Hall of the Mountain King" while shopping, ect. despite the horrible implications....
taureleafsilver 1 year ago
I will never be able to listen to "Hall of the Mountain King " again without thinking of this scene. Curse you, Peter Lorre!
godzilloid 1 year ago 2
Best song ever.
cholocharile 1 year ago
haha in ren and stimpy this old guy whistles that tune
brandonskate1 2 years ago
@brandonskate1 which ren & stimpy episode was it in? was it the episode where r&s go camping & they meet the old naked dude?
postalcode2934 1 year ago
@postalcode2934 yeah it was haha
brandonskate1 1 year ago
@postalcode2934 no its the one the baby scandal or something like that where they pretend to be babies - in the cut scene where the family is all in the tub the dad hands ren and stimpy to the grandpa and he whistles that exact tune.
funkyspice 1 year ago
What's the name of the song he whistles? I would whistle it, and then I got my friends into whistling it too..
mills211 2 years ago
@mills211 "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg
Zarathustra327 2 years ago
Acting at its best. Thank you Peter Lorre for this brilliant scene and for playing this sick murderer so impressive.
HumphreySlash 2 years ago 2
This is the best scene. In any movie. EVER.
brainiacbelle 2 years ago 5
Oww..no offense but when Lorre started whistling, the sound cracked and I had to rub my ears for the rest of the scene....
BUT regardless this was one of the most impressive, ingenuitive films I ever saw. It was the second time I had seen Peter Lorre (first time was the Maltese Falcon) and the performance was BRILLIANT!!! It was fun to watch as well, for I have been studying the German language since five years (7th grade-12th grade/present) and it is films like this that make me glad I did.
Kousei13 2 years ago
Whats with that strange curio shop? if that arrow going down to the spiralling hypnotic swirling circles isn't a simulated subliminal symbolic sex insinuation I don't know what is.
erasmus2012 3 years ago 2
Naturally. I mean, this is Fritz Lang we're talking about...
SariaMew456 3 years ago 3
It's "like" he's aroused by a child? He is indeed in every sense aroused by a child. There's no question about it. It's supposed to bother you. It's supposed to portray a man who is tortured by demons that he cannot control.
teeckard 3 years ago 12
I was never clear on what exactly went on in this man's mind. Obviously he felt compelled to kill, and the film strongly suggests it was a sexual compulsion (the way he targets girls, etc.). At the same time, he seems to be a child himself - with that round childlike face, the way he stares gleefully at the knives like a child looking at toys in a store window. Very weird and complex character.
curlytoes79 3 years ago 13
@teeckard That is why those must be destroyed.
savida34e 1 year ago
This scene has always bothered me, it's like he's aroused by a child.
tomars630 3 years ago
That's the whole deal ov the film.
danjosimo3000 3 years ago
exactly
teeckard 3 years ago
That's because he is.
escottish140 2 years ago
One of the best movies ever!
nederland4045 3 years ago 2