9/30/2018 1 Comment The cabinet of dr. caligari (1920)It was not my favorite, but I did not absolutely hate this film. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is about a hypnotist and a somnambulist. The hypnotist, Dr. Caligari, has control over Cesare, somnambulist, who claims to see the future. When Alan and Francis went to see the carnival act, Alan asked Cesare when he will die and the answer was the next morning. This prophecy came true and Alan died making Cesare the prime suspect for the murder. However, the film explores if Cesare is the murderer or if it is Dr. Caligari controlling him.
I thought the film had a cool storyline. If I watched a modern version of this film, I think it would become one of my favorite horror/suspense films. I like the way Robert Wiene directed the characters emotions and the set. I appreciated the set a lot, and liked how it looked a drawing but was real. It was super fun after the film to think about all of the influence this film had on modern horror films. At one of the shots, I could tell that the Babadook totally used a scene in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. In The Rocky Horror Picture Show, it uses the same shot as Dr. Caligari opening the coffin that Cesare is in at the carnival. If I could change one thing about this film, it would be the music that accompanied the version I watched. It made you very sleepy and I had to turn the TV on silent in order to be able to watch it alertly.
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