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M: the law and the underworld
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| In a match cut, the police official continues the arm gesture of the underworld boss. The conferences of the two groups are edited in parallel. Images below show other parallels between the two worlds. | ||||||||||||||||||
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The chief detective and the underworld leader: there are no good guys or heroes in this world.
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Maps of Berlin used by police and the criminal underworld in searching for the child murder. The scientific method and the "hands on" approach.
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| "Inventory" shots of items confiscated by the police and of smoking materials gathered by the beggars. |
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Bureaucratic inventories used by the police in their search.
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| In the beggars' headquarters, a list of prices for various foods, a kind of parody stock market. | ||||||||||||||||||
| the opening sequence experimentation with film sound point of view and identification mirrors and shadows the surveillance society street scenes social issues |
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