To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Fritz Lang’s Classic You Only Live Once, it’s being released on DVD on June 4th. With this movie, Fritz Land and Hollywood kick-start poetic realism. Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are the doomed lovers on the run.
Brand new extras on the DVD are: Introduction by George Wilson – Professor of Philosophy at University of Southern California, Audio Interview with Fritz Lang recorded at the National Film Theatre in 1962, Inside You Only Live Once - production takes from a film in the making.
In true planetbrowny style here are a couple of top tens for you mull over this Jubilee Weekend. As always, please feel free to disagree loudly.
Top 10 Best Film Noir films:
Many film noirs were so-called because of the expressionistic approach – especially the concentration of light vs dark – by the directors, many of whom brought this over from Europe in the 30s/40s – including Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang and Otto Preminger.
IN A LONELY PLACE
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
SUNSET BOULEVARD
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
THE MALTESE FALCON
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
THE BIG SLEEP
NIGHT AND THE CITY
TOUCH OF EVIL
D.O.A (The Original, not the remake)
Top 10 Best Fritz Lang films
And since we’re talking about Fritz Lang, how about a selection of his best movies?
M
FURY
HUMAN DESIRE
THE BIG HEAT
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
SCARLET STREET
RANCHO NOTORIOUS
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
THE TESTAMENT OF DR MABUSE
METROPOLIS