Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)'s comments - page 2

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Forzelius

very cool sets, definitely helped to set the mood. together with the milesdavis-esque sad trumpet

5 years 1 month ago

gama_jr

Amazing, wonderful, my favorite silent EVER!

9 years 3 months ago

I didn't really enjoy it. I know it was influential and quite important especially for maybe having the first twist ending in film but I just found it quite average and boring, not the best from the 20's. I much preferred the likes of Metropolis, Faust and The Phantom Carriage.

11 years 10 months ago

Oneironaut21

So far the only silent films I've seen have been Metropolis, The Navigator, and now this. This one is my favorite so far.

12 years 1 month ago

seithscott

A brilliant movie, tense and surreal it really does a great job of telling the story. One of the best movies ever.

13 years 2 months ago

nosex

@krakenzmama

you said: "More of a post WWI German art film than a horror film. "

as if art films and horror films were mutually exclusive, ahahha.

12 years 7 months ago

Troublenight

(removed by mod: please post in English)

14 years 1 month ago

krakenzmama

More of a post WWI German art film than a horror film. Using sets and makeup in the style of German Expressionism, it seeks to illustrate the hallucinatory madness of a man who believes that the director of an asylum is the vengeful Dr Caligari with his hypnotized slave Cesare to kill people at will. The movie is important because it is the first acknowledged art film and had influenced so many filmmakers (Orson Welles, Burton, etc) The film is not my favorite but I can understand why it is so loved.

12 years 11 months ago

Jumping Elephant

I seem to be the only person who is unimpressed by this.

13 years 3 months ago

nicolaskrizan

strange stuff indeed...

http://beyond1001movies.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/backtrack-das-kabinett-des-doktor-caligari-19/

11 years 1 month ago