The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari Essay

The purpose of this essay is to analyse the original drama text with a newer film version, while comparing the

Poetic Realism was a film movement in France during the 1930’s that combined qualities of both Impressionism and Surrealism to create a unique way to tell stories through narratives, long, continuous shots, and sets that took a slice of reality and made it their own. The various techniques used to create shots “more real than life itself” were groundbreaking for this time period. In the past, sets of films were unrealistic and exaggerated; they were telling stories outside of reality, so their sets were not attempting to immerse their viewer in the film’s location. The 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari used very simplistic sets to tell its story, but the filmmakers did not expect or want the audience to take them as reality. They were entirely aware that the walls

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a German Expressionist film that was released in 1920. The film was directed by Robert Wiene. Expressionism is defined as a visible world that is reshaped and even, distorted by internal forces such as soul, spirit, subjectivity, and emotion. A major component of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is it contains various examples of mise-en-scène, which is associated with visual aspects such as props in the background or clothing and the makeup the actor is wearing. Moreover, “boxes within boxes” is seen numerous times throughout The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. One example where “boxes within boxes” is seen in the film is in Dr. Caligari’s tiny shack, where he has Cesare

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The cinematography of the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was very effective to the audience at the time. During the 1920’s, it wasn’t common to have a horror movie like this with a dark and twisted visual style. Because of the cinematography of this German film, it actually had a major influence on the American films in horror and film noir genres. To get the cinematography right, they had to exaggerate the lighting to give off the feel of it being a horror film.

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Caligula was a man, a monster, and a legend that nearly destroyed Rome in his rule, yet built some of its most beautiful monuments. The life of the man was an interested yet twisted story of a once noble man descending into insanity

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Through watching many of Burton's films and that of the German Expressionist era, it is clear that there are many visual similarities. One of Burton's earliest works is a animated short he made while working at Disney. ' Vincent' was a five minute, black and white, stop motion animation based on a poem that Burton had wrote previously. The film as some similarities to Expressionist film; the black and white setting and several visuals such as the London street, the staircase to Vincent's bedroom and the slanted doorway (fig 5) (video 2) fig 5: video stills from Vincent (left) vs The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (right) The fact that Burton chose to create this piece in black and white rather than colour could be a direct link to the Expressionist

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is praised worldwide for its anti-authoritarian message and expressionistic style with its framed narrative. The film is cited as one of the first horror films and influenced the development of film noir. Caligari remains to this day an important part of the history of German

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a silent 1920s black & white horror film that describes a traumatizing tale told by Francis’ about Alan, his friend and his own experiences with the enigmatic Dr Caligari and his companion, the somnambulist, Cesare. The image taken from the film depicts Dr Caligari on stage hawking his exhibit of Cesare the somnambulist at the fair to a crowd of people gathered in front of him. As it is a silent film and hearing dialogue was not yet an option, an individual’s costume and appearance, combined with their acting, was the way their character’s role or personality was conveyed. Caligari is fitted with dark clothing and makeup, yet combined with his glasses and shock of white hair envelop him with a peculiar atmosphere

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the name of a silent film that was released in 1920. The main characters are Dr. Caligari (played by Werner Krauss) Francis (played by Friedrich Feher), Alan (played by Hans Heinrich von Twardowski), Cesare (played by Conrad Veidt) and Jane (played by Lil Dagover) (Rotten Tomatoes).