i have to admit and i wasn not expect much go into this film view in my japenese film class and but this film really blow me away . the director do a wonderful job follow through with the title of his film and truly portray a picture of madness . i think the fact that this film be silent add to the resemblance of madness and help the viewer experience the character inner world rather than the world outside his mind . this film just add to my feeling about foreign silent film vs. american and in that the foreign film work much more to exercise your mind and make you think rather than go for the fluffy film always with the happy end and exercise the imagination very little .