Editing Fritz Lang (section)

==Death and legacy==
On February 8, 1960, Lang received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 1600 [[Vine Street]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/fritz-lang |title=Fritz Lang {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame |website=walkoffame.com |access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/fritz-lang/ |title=Fritz Lang – Hollywood Star Walk – Los Angeles Times |website=projects.latimes.com |access-date=2017-06-11}}</ref>

[[File:Fritz Lang Grave.JPG|thumb|upright=0.9|Grave of Lang, at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills]]
Lang died from a [[stroke]] on August 2, 1976, and was interred in the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery]] in the [[Hollywood Hills]] of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>[https://www.german-way.com/notable-people/featured-bios/fritz-lang/ Fritz Lang]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/03/archives/fritz-lang-film-director-noted-for-m-dead-at-85.html |title=Fritz Lang, Film Director Noted for 'M,' Dead at 85 |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=August 3, 1976 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref>

Lang's American and later German works were championed by the critics of the ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'', such as [[François Truffaut]] and [[Jacques Rivette]]. Truffaut wrote that Lang, especially in his American career, was greatly underappreciated by "cinema historians and critics" who "deny him any genius when he 'signs' spy movies ... war movies ... or simple thrillers."<ref>Dixon, Wheeler Winston (1993). ''Early Film Criticism of Francois Truffaut''. [[Indiana University Press]]. pp. 41–42. {{ISBN|0-253-11343-1}}.</ref>

Lang is credited with launching or developing many different genres of film. [[Philip French]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' believed that Lang helped craft the "entertainment war flick" and that his interpretation of the story of Bonnie and Clyde "helped launch the Hollywood film noir".<ref>{{cite news |last=French|first=Philip|date=2000-01-02 |title='Without Fritz, there'd be no Star Wars' |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jan/02/3 |access-date=2020-07-07 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Geoff Andrew of the [[British Film Institute]] believed he set the "blueprint for the serial killer movie" through ''M''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fritz Lang's M: the blueprint for the serial killer movie |date=September 5, 2014 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/fritz-langs-m-blueprint-serial-killer-movie |access-date=2020-07-07 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

In December 2021, Lang was the subject for BBC Radio 4's ''[[In Our Time (radio series)|In Our Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012s94| title = BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Fritz Lang}}</ref>

===Preservation===
The [[Academy Film Archive]] has preserved a number of Lang's films, including ''[[Human Desire]]'' and ''[[Man Hunt (1941 film)|Man Hunt]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Preserved Projects |url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=fritz+lang&category=All&collection=All |website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>