Faust 1926

New York Times: Here is a picture which is as far removed from the ordinary movie as a Tintoretto painting. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This extraordinary piece of artistry and craftsmanship integrates its dazzling special effects so seamlessly that they're indistinguishable from the film's narrative, poetry, and, above all, metaphysics. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: As atmospheric and menacing a work as the expressionist movement ever produced. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I sometimes feel, in this age of expert CGI, that I am being shown too much -- that technique is pushing aside artistry and imagination. The world of Faust is never intended to define a physical universe, but is a landscape of nightmares. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Murnau's version of the story of the man who sold his soul to the Devil (Jannings) in return for youth is visually extraordinary but dismally uneven in terms of its dramatic effect. Read more