express moments in my life. Expressionism is the presentation of events with a unique emotional distortion that stirs the audience’s mood. This can take shape in the form of art‚ music‚ architecture‚ theatre‚ and literature. Naturally‚ those living in my generation are very fond of controversial issues in society being displayed in an emotionally grueling scene. This was not always the case and its origination manifested in early 20th century Germany. The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari was the epitome of
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of films created in the early 1920s‚ but as a “generic term for most of the art cinema of the Weimar Republic in Germany‚ and beyond Germany‚ echoing down film history across the periods and genres‚ turning up in the description of Universal horror films of the 1930s and film noir of the 1940s.” The influence that Elsaesser is referring to is of great importance to both film noir and horror films. This influence can be seen simply through looking at Robert Wiene’s exemplary film‚ The Cabinet of Dr
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expressionist film is primarily a visual phenomenon‚ a mise-en-scene of fear and desire. Internal conflicts and ambivalences are projected on to an external world that has become foreign and strange‚ a process that finds expression in the destabilization of the subject at the center of the narrative…” (Hake‚ 2002: 31). In light of the following observation by Hake‚ this essay will be looking at her statement and how it can be applied to the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari within the boarders
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Rebaza Intro to Film Studies 101 July 5‚ 2011 Assignment #5 In “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”‚ the people in Francis’ story are all fictional characters and produced by the condensation of two or more people. For example: Jane‚ Cesare‚ and Dr. Caligari. Many of the physical features of these characters are derived from patients and staff at the hospital and they received many traits of people from his past. These fellow patients‚ who are encountered later at the end of the film‚ were nothing like
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Two of the earliest examples of German Expressionism in film‚ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu are classics remembered as some of the best horror films of all time. These two films‚ directed by Robert Wiene and F.W. Murnau respectively‚ share several key aspects in common‚ while still retaining their own uniqueness that has left people debating which film is paramount‚ even nearly a century after their releases. This paper will examine these similarities and differences‚ and will seek address
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Expressionism: “Nosferatu” vs. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” German expressionism is a movement that started post World War 1‚ and before the Second World War. It used a unique technique of shadowing and distinctive camera angles. The films during the movement told stories that mimicked the forbidding reality of the German’s life. For example‚ in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari‚” the set design was painted to get the specific diagonals and claustrophobic atmosphere. Throughout the film‚ the viewer almost experiences
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criticises Caligari for its place in a period of German “studio constructivism”‚ where a false world would be created to preserve the collective “German soul” from true‚ incalculable reality. This assertion‚ however‚ suggests that the intention of the film’s production was akin to wartime propaganda and a deliberate‚ sinister choice. The reality may instead have been that a studio production suited the style of the film far better‚ and as can plainly be seen by any viewer of the final film‚ the goal
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production of all types of bomb related films increased significantly. The possibility of nuclear war became an increasingly controversial issue when expressed in film and television. Throughout the period of 1950 to 1963 the films became increasingly complex. Nevertheless‚ this period remained overwhelmingly positive. Films expressed confidence in humanity’s ability to overcome the temptation to use nuclear weapons. During such uneasy times‚ ideology expressed in these films was not so much towards a liberal
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In the film Dr. Farmer hit and killed a hog with his car‚ and he offered his entire monthly salary to the man who owned the hog. They asked him for twenty five dollars and he said he did not have that much money with him. The two men gave him a look and threatened him. I think Dr. Farmer acted this way because he did not want him or his family to get hurt‚ since they were sitting right behind him in the car. His family’s safety was more important to him than any amount of money. He did not argue
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Sarah Kent “The Art of the Steal” arguments. The Art of the Steal is a documentary film from 2009 about the scandalous battle between the city of Philadelphia and the Barnes Foundation over the impressive and extensive collection of post impression and early modernists paintings. Dr. Albert Barnes created his foundation as a school of art and that housed his private collection of art with paintings from the likes of Cezanne‚ Matisse‚ Degas‚ Renoir and Van Gogh‚ African sculptures‚ prints from
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