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Dr. Caligari's Cabin
Madonna 2022-03-24 09:02:10
I watched "Dr. Caligari's Cabin" this morning, the world's first horror film ~ a masterpiece of expressionist films. The plot uses a layered structure, which should be a work that applied the plot reversal earlier. At the same time, the open ending leaves more room for people to imagine (very careful thinking) and give the audience room for a second reversal. It's really cunning to leave it to the audience to figure out whether it's true or false. Although the horror atmosphere is very weak now, the experimental way of expressionism is still amazing. What I admired in particular was the set, which I thought was really cool that people were living in a space made up of abstract, twisted geometric figures. It evoked a nightmare when I was a child... An American animation, the buildings in it are all twisted and twisted, giving people a strong sense of shock and weirdness, but it is also an imaginative geometric aesthetic in it, it is simply It's like the audience is living in a mental hospital [laugh cry] The sensational melody of a horror movie is not sure if it is expressionist, but the lighting definitely counts. Basically, the lighting in the film is below, and the makeup of the actors is pale and pale, and the sense of disgust is really strong. There are also subtitles (because it is a silent film, there must be subtitle frames in the middle). The graphic design of various diamonds and rectangles is also refreshing and quite creative. In short, this is a film that has a profound impact on world cinema, with a very high status and significance. Although it is a bit clumsy now, it still cannot hide its brilliance.
Extended Reading
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Bobby 2022-01-03 08:01:11
The real directors of this film are three expressionist painters, namely the set designer Hermann Valm, Walter Rorich and Walter Lehman. At that time, the expressionist movement was prevalent, and it was mainly reflected in painting. Herman Varm declared that "film should be a living picture". This sentence is the aesthetic foundation of this film.
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Claudie 2022-03-27 09:01:09
I actually didn't know if I didn't understand it or didn't bother to understand it at all. . All I know is that the whole class fell asleep in the small lecture hall. When the subtitles came out, the buddy next to me woke up.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari quotes
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[last lines]
Dr. Caligari: Now I also know how to cure him.
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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.