Lang and Parole: Character and Narrative in "Doktor Mabuse, der Spieler"

[...]we have the action of Cara, the dancer at the Follies. In effect, this resistance allows delay to outrun closure. Since the roles of the characters remain open, the reader must suspend the naming process while more information accumulates. [...]psychology itself exhibits only the most remote connections to extra-personal forces. [...]the viewer uses this presumption of consistency to make sense of the film.