Film Studies 2295F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Grosz, Solipsism, Melodrama
15 Feb 2018
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1871, victory over france in the franco-prussian war and unification of germany. Critical spirit only in the natural sciences and technology. The only bright thing in the left of the photo (the cross), signifying death. God"s silence , a sense of loneliness and no religious security. Stage as field to project thoughts and feelings ( inner reality . The cabinet of dr. caligari: expressionism and cinema. Caligari, hailed from a country that most americans still remember as the cruel and bloodthirsty enemy from. If the act of showing a german film in nyc was not enough provocation in 1921, the cabinet of dr. caligari also challenged every rule and convention of hollywood filmmaking. The film"s visual shock-effects, its deliberately non-realistic, painted studio sets, and its complex and confusing narrative were instrumental in developing the american film genres of horror and noir.
