Joel Alvarado
02/25/2015
LEH 355
The
Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
One
of the most outstanding scenes from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was when
Cesare was trying to kill Jane. In that particular clip of the film, Cesar was
looking through a window searching for his next victim. He found himself looking
a lady that was laying down sleeping. As the girl slept, Ceaser slowly creeps
inside the bedroom holding a knife in his closed fist; he walked towards the
girl and stands right above her and gets ready to stab her. As soon as Ceaser
takes one glance at the victim that he was about to kill, he had second
thoughts and did not go through with it. Instead he ended up abducting her and
running away with her. In the process, the victim struggled for her life and
screams for help, a few individuals ended up waking up and followed the noise.
The abductor ended up
kidnapping Jane but a group of people followed him while he was trying to get
away. He ended up dropping Jane in the middle of the escape because she was too
heavy. The people from the community ended up rescuing Jane and interrogated
her to find out what happened. Jane confessed that Ceaser was the one that tried
to abduct her, the detectives found it highly disturbing that Ceaser would do
this because they stated that he had been slleping in his home and they had
witnessed it. When the detectives went to confirm that Ceaser was in his home,
they found a dummy.
Apart from the context,
it was highly interesting to see the setting of the story. It was different
from other films because in this particular film, the background resembled a
cartoon setting. This setting resembled the Dada era because it does places
emphasis on what really matters, in this particular case the impression that
the characters were providing. The unbalanced image emphasized that there was
not any equilibrium occurring in Germany at that time. Another unusual part of
the clip was the scary music that played in the background. Scary music is usually
present in scary movies. However, I personally believe that for this particular
film, it was used to imply the terror that the German society was facing.
The ultimate component
of this film was the high emphasis that the writers placed on the character’s
emotions and perceptions. From their facial expressions and body language, it
was easy to tell what they were actually doing and trying to imply. One of the
most important elements of the film that reinforces what we are learning in
class is the impressionism, the film implied impressionism in the setting,
acting and even with perceptions that the characters had amongst one another.
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