Dr. Caligari (Werner
Krauss) enters a carnival as he
hypnotizes his assistant Cesare (Conrad
Veidt) to create murders as he
was once an asylum director for him"
to "Dr. Caligari enters a carnival
as he hypnotizes his assistant Cesare to
murder for him."
Ah yes. The days when films
were silent before they invented volume
and just had music overdubbed with words
when a person spoke.
This film was very influential and also
inspired Rob Zombie's video
"Living Dead Girl".
The film nowadays won't be considered
scary of course and I found it tough to
watch all the way through as I'm not a
fan of silent films since it was way
before my time but it looked interesting
regardless.
With a silent film
it's tough to tell people's acting skills
but their presences I can critique as Werner
Krauss was marvellous portraying
a madman Dr. Caligari.
Conrad
Veidt did look intimidating as his
assistant and Lil Dagover also seemed to
look good in the film too
Robert Wiene
seemed to coach his actors on a good
basis for a film it's time with the
blocking and people's reactions.
Dr.
Caligari: I must know everything. I
must penetrate the heart of his secret! I
must become Caligari!
[first
lines]
Man in garden: Spirits surround us
on every side ... they have driven me
from hearth and home, from wife and
child.
Francis:
You fools, this man is plotting our doom!
We die at dawn! He is Caligari!
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