A sequence in this film shows the passage of time through the dates on calendar pages that the protagonist rips off with a curling iron.
A sequence in this film shows the passage of time through the dates on calendar pages that the protagonist rips off with a curling iron. While eating breakfast, a character in this film whistles to his pet canary, then walks over to its cage and finds that the bird is dead. This film references the last scene of Murnau's The Last Laugh by having a porter's flashlight illuminate the protagonist as he stumbles up the stairs to his old workplace in its last scene. Martin dresses as a character from this film at Joachim's birthday party in Visconti's The Damned. At the climax of this film, the protagonist, crowing like a rooster and dressed as a clown, chases after his (*) wife and her lover Mazeppa and tries to strangle her. In a shot of this film, a woman in a top hat lifts up her leg as she sings "Falling in Love Again" and stares at Professor Rath. For 10 points, name this Josef von Sternberg film that made Marlene Dietrich famous for her role as the cabaret singer Lola.
A sequence in this film shows the passage of time through the dates on calendar pages that the protagonist rips off with a curling iron.
The Blue Angel