Faust

Data
Title: Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
Year: 1926
Length: 116 minutes
Director: F.W. Murnau
Writers: Gerhart Hauptmann & Hans Kyser (titles), based on a play by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Starring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings
With: Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hanna Ralph, Werner Fuetterer
Music: ? (no credit)
Cinematography: Carl Hoffmann
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Synopsis: a summoned demon tries to destroy a man's goodness

My reaction
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent). Usually amusing, rarely good.
Music: 3/4 (Good). It bothers me to not know what it was -weather it's the original score or not. Netflix claims to have the Kino version of this movie, but instead we were sent some bargain bin edition - which by sheer luck happened to be uncut and have a good, synchronized score.
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4). It's very cool in the beginning. After the point where Faust turns young (and the demon inexplicably turns into a fop), I got bored.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.7/4 (Good)