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Critique Of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer,
and directed by Robert Weine. It was produced in 1919 by Erich Pommer for
Decla-Bioscop. 1919 was a year in which the movie industry was transformed into
a giant industry. Although the movi .... Middle of Essay .... and
sleeping the woman is uttlerly helpless. She is carried off into the
expressionist labyrinth that Wiene used to symbolize the darkest torments of the
human mind and soul. A beautiful woman is carried off by evil, a play on the
Beauty and the Beast themes that would become so popular in horror films.
Used expressionism, films that explored dream, nightmare and psyche and
that found their narrative shape determined less by action than emotion. Used
angular sets and heavy shadows to develop a macabre and horrific atmosphere for
its tale of murder and madness. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari intentionally uses
sets that look artificial. The de ....
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