Talking about Mabuse...
 
Has anyone of you seen the actual Black & White series
of movies about dr. Mabuse?
 
Very cool.
 
Dr. Mabuse, a vilin, died at some point. But this didn't
prevent him from still being the mastermind behind all
kinds of criminal activity. He managed to occupy a body
from a different person and -live on- so to speak. At the
end when the police managed to oprahand the criminals,
dr. Mabuse would leave it's host and search for another
victem.
 
The style of these series, or the way it was filmed was all
by the book. In fact.. I have a couple of these old books that
explain how one should ceate suspens and use different
lighting and camera angels for criminals and the good guys.
A style of filming that is so unique, and which I've never seen
after that... at least like the Mabuse films.
 
You might have seen these tricks...  where the eyes are
highlighted with extra light, with the surrounding being
covered in near dark. Or just the silhouet of a person
and the mouth being visible.
 
Rene