Case Study
At first I was stumped on what film to choose for my case study due to the large variety of crime/mystery, but with a little assistance I've came to using M (1931)
This film is about German police officers trying to catch a child abductor while the people of town including criminals try to take the case on their own.
M (1931) history: supposedly M was based of an actually case of a serial killer named Peter Kürten he was also known as the Düsseldorf Vampire. He would also commit serial murder, sexual violence, and sadism. M was also Fritz Lang, the director's first film with sound. The movie was also known for it's outstanding use of lighting techniques and offscreen sound to really bring out the sense of horror
It's target audience can be older people who enjoy mystery films based of real cases. It's also for people who want to watch a classic film and who want to look back on what was considered high quality film techniques at the time.
Their production company was Nero-Film AG, an independent German production company at the time who also help produce film films such as The Phantom of the Circus and Pandora's Box.
M also has many distribution companies including HBO Max, and Paramount Pictures for the English dubbed versions.
With how was the movie promoted it of course had a trailer, but in 1934 the film was banned by the Nazis and the ban was eventually revoked. Right now the movie can be viewed on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, VUDU, and I think It can also be viewed on YouTube as well.
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