Tus kws kho mob chim ua kom raws li cov Somnambulist

What happens is the first commercially successful art film (affiliate link). Txee rau cov Dr. Caligari (1920) tawm hauv lub ib hlis ntuj 1920 qhov ib German thiab tseev tsim ntiaj teb cia. It marked the beginning of a German film revival during the 1920s

The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist paintings were known for buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture, yam.

The film’s set design reflected this style of composition. Buildings, doors and streets all slope at odd angles or are irregular shapes. Furniture is also oddly shaped. Chairs seats are six feet in the air, bookcases lean and chairs have irregular backs.

Txawm li cas los, Robert Weine filmed in a standard continuity format making the story understandable to the average viewer. The story itself is a horror and detective story told from one man’s perspective, a story within a story.

A mysterious stranger named Dr. Caligari, played by Werner Krauss, tuaj Hollstenwall los tso saib lub somnambulist Cesare, portrayed los Conrad Veidt. Ib somnambulist pw rau hnub rau thaum xaus. Cesare muaj supposedly pw rau 20 mus 30 xyoo. Coincidentally los tsis, hauv murders tshwm sim thaum Caligari thiab Cesare txog hauv Hollstenwall.

Lub protagonist ntawm naam yog Francis (Friedrich Feher), leej twg ntawm kev hlub muaj nqis uas Jane (Lil Dagover). Liv xwm’ phooj ywg yog murdered ua Francis mus caum cov Dr. Caligari, uas nws ntseeg hais tias yog lub luag hauj lwm. Naam yog tus nruam nro yuj yees thaum Francis Caligari, uas yog nyuab los Cesare tus infatuation uas Jane, Liv xwm’ love interest.

The film contains a twist ending I won’t spoil for you. Txawm li cas los, koj yuav tsum paub tias tus writers cov naam, Hans Janowitz thiab Carl Mayer, muaj txojcai hauv siab. Director Robert Weine yeej tsis ntseeg tias audiences yuav txais naam tsis muaj lub twist xaus.

Koj yuav tau mus saib cov yeeb yam no rau ntawm daim ntawv tshwj xeeb Collector tsab DVD, uas huv naam rau nws cov thawj ceev ntawm 18 taw ib ob. Miskas films twb tua rau 24 taw ib ob. Thaum tus thawj daim video tis rau cov raug txim, a copy of the film was recorded on a 24 taw ib ob projector. Qhov cov ntaubntawv povthawj siv rau ib yam ceev kom zoo naam lub quirky thiab rushed. Naam yeej muaj ib tug txhob txwm heev pace, when viewed at the proper projection speed.

The Expressionist scenery will distract you at first. When I first watched the film about ten years ago for a college class, my wife and kids thought I was watching some 1960s psychedelic drug film. Txawm tias tom qab dab Expressionism, lawv xav tias nws twb khib. Peb txhua tus menyuam tau saib ntawm daim duab pa thiaj mixed kev. Kuv yuav pub kom koj txiav txim siab rau txheej tshooj koj tus kheej.

Hloov tshiab: Kuv nyuam qhuav tau pom lub restored version ntawm Netflix. Kuv kom koj daim ntawv no tseem.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

 

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