Dr. Caligari's Cabin

Emerson 2022-01-03 08:01:11

From today's point of view, it is also very avant-garde or even ultra-modern works. Stories similar to sets in sets and circular patterns are not uncommon today. However, it is really admirable to be able to write such a script in the 1920s. I have seen the analysis of this movie before, and it was introduced by the magazine as the first horror film, but I personally feel that it is closer to a suspense film. The expressionist technique is dazzling, but it is unforgettable. Those sharp buildings, triangular doors, The tall tables and chairs, and the twisted house vision are full of weird elements that make you restless, but the most weird or most exciting is the soundtrack. The relaxed background music is the hero of the originator of the horror film,
but it is horrible and natural. It is not the effect that this film pursues, but the metaphors of irony and human nature are everywhere. What amazes me is the subtle composition. Sometimes the characters are in a triangular position, full of the contradictory tension of the drama, and when the characters are one after the other, the expression of the person in front changes back and forth, which is really wonderful. It is not more than half a century since the end of the 19th century when the film was born, but the monotonous fixed lens can be developed into a rich multi-lens interpretation. The tense atmosphere created by parallel editing and precise lens switching together create the greatness of this movie. Place.
The weird atmosphere and distorted setting have told people that this is a thriller, and it uses abstract expressionism to foretell sleepwalking combined with crime, opening up the dark gothic style of thriller suspense and psychosis series, including the exquisite reversal plot at the end. People can't help but feel that this is not just spreading the seeds of fear, but also insinuates this social morbidity. Everyone has more or less psychological problems. This is a world dominated by darkness, decadence, and distortion. Although the quality of the film is far behind, the thinking is undoubtedly avant-garde. At the end, everyone may have different feelings.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari quotes

  • [last lines]

    Dr. Caligari: Now I also know how to cure him.

  • Dr. Caligari: Step rrrrright up! Presenting for the first time: Cesare the somnambulist! The miraculous Cesare. Twenty-three years old, he has slept for twenty-three years continuously, day and night! Right before your eyes, Cesare will awaken from his death-like trance.