Excerpted from a conversation on a film forum:
I think more Murnau is a good idea. He excels at making glorious monuments to small pathetic stories, but imo this kind of huge scale good versus evil thing isn't really his wheelhouse. The movie seems to exist just to have a cinematic version of the Faust legend; watching it doesn't feel more rewarding than reading its plot synopsis. The exception being that unfortunately short sequence of Faust and Mephisto flying over the world, that was awesome. Also God's an asshole. These are peoples' lives you're destroying with your stupid games you fuck! The story of Job never sat well with me for the same reason. I'm sure there are better candidates for bearing the fate of the world too, Faust is pretty darn gullible. Of course if I knew ahead of time the contract could be nullified at any time by the power of love I probably would've picked just anyone too.
Like the Platonic form of experimental film. But not in a good way per se. Feels a bit checklisty. Which I guess is an obnoxious way of saying it didn't really click with me.
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