M (BFI Film Classics)
<DIV><DIV>This text reconnects <I>M</I> to its significance as an event in 1931 Germany, recapturing the film's extraordinary social and symbolic energy. Interweaving close reading with cultural history, Anton Kaes reconstitutes <I>M</I> as a modernist artwork. He also analyzes Joseph Losey's 1951 film noir remake.</DIV></DIV>