The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [Silent Movie] [Horror] 

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Of course. Also, The Penguin's appearance in Batman's Return was inspired by Caligari, while Johnny Depp had Cesare in mind when he played Edward Scissorhands.

I said a long "woooooow" when I saw that twist.

I called it immediately. anyone who's ever seen "Clue" called it as well. That's what they literally call "a classic switch-a-roo".

The behind-the-scenes story of that twist is really messy and complex. I learned a lot about the history of this film in a college course I took; maybe some might find it interesting. Though I still really love the film, what I learned changed the way I view it. Apologies for the length of this comment. The screenwriters, Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz, absolutely hated the twist ending because they felt it cut the legs out from under the political and social messages, primarily the critique of oppressive authority, that they were trying to convey in the film. Both men were staunch pacifists. Janowitz had served as an officer in WWI, and his wartime experiences embittered him with the military. Mayer avoided military service in WWI by feigning insanity, which led him to be intensely examined by a military psychiatrist (the inspiration for the Caligari character); he developed a strong distrust of authority because of this. The original screenplay did have a frame story, but it just introduced the main plot and didn't subvert it like the final cut does. Janowitz claimed that he and Mayer were excluded from discussions about the change; they sought legal action to try to stop the alteration of their screenplay, but this proved unsuccessful. They were even going to publicly protest the film but were ultimately persuaded not to do so. The director, Robert Wiene, supported the alteration of the original frame story to the big twist we see here. Fritz Lang, who was the original choice to direct this film (he had to back out to direct another project and was replaced by Wiene) claimed to be the original source of the frame story idea, but it's unclear whether he actually was the idea's originator or just contributed to structuring an existing concept.

When does it turn 100

Today!

Yesterday!

A hundred now!

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century at this point

Conrad Veidt wasn’t Jewish, but he was an ally. I think he even filled out a consensus saying he was Jewish in support of Ilona Prager, since he was her husband at the time. The man was also bisexual I believe. What makes this whole thing interesting is what the actors themselves were like.

There is no such thing as an original score for a silent movie. Background music was always provided live by a pianist or a pit orchestra at the theater. Modern releases, such as this one, add a musical sound track to produce the same general effect.

Yeah, me2.

He died at age 50 on a golf course.

@@clintwilson6380 Thanks for that, Captain Buzzkill.

@@BeautifulMutant Sorry about that 😐.

@@clintwilson6380 No worries.

It ruined it all for me personally, the original score suited the movie so perfectly

@Ian Finley I've downloaded the bluray version of the movie, so maybe the bluray will be a good to go. I think it's the HD restauration but I don't remember by whom it was made beside some german folks.

There is no such thing as an original score for a silent movie. Background music was always provided live by a pianist or a pit orchestra at the theater. Modern releases, such as this one, add a musical sound track to produce the same general effect.

I suppose you mean "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", often considerd the first true German Expressionist Horror Film. Great stuff!

same for real tho whats happening haha

Same happens to me with all the other classic silent films.

I think people should be allowed to not like things. There are classics I acknowledge how revolutionary they were for the time but feel have aged poorly and find boring watching now for the first time. Not saying that this is an example, but anything could be. Haven't made up my mind how I feel about this one yet, I think I like it?

@@DJGamingSmash Haha...I feel ya. My take: Not liking this is not liking the invention of the wheel while driving in a car.

Yep.

This was a reissue from 1952, because it was originally released in 1920. The 1952 reissue had stock music.

How do you watch it, a projector?

@@clintwilson6380 yes

@@djpaulywood cool.

@@djpaulywood what do you think of "Vampyr"?.

@@clintwilson6380 havent seen it

Yes. That's when this translated version was made, apparently.

Originally released in Germany back in 1920, but this film was a US reissue from 1952 by Famous Film Productions and Film Renters Inc. It uses stock music from one of the music libraries rather than the original score which didn’t fit the mood of the film.

But this is an edited version of this film which was cut down to 51 minutes instead of the original 70-minute cut. The DVD release has restored the original 70-minute runtime with restored footage not seen in this version. Plus, they restored all of the original inter titles with German text from the original German release.

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I know this is comment is 3 years old but that is EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT

@@SaurianSoul i swear thats him he travelled to film this movie

You're wrong about horror in the 50s and 60s it was great then too! But it gotten worse in the 1980s, 1990s and the2000s !

You're wrong about horror in the 50s and 60s it was great then too! But it gotten worse in the 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s as it continued!