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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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by Timeless Multimedia
Sales Rank: 51185
Price: $12.99
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This haunting classic of the silent screen is familiar to every graduate of Film 101. Like Eisenstein's <I>Battleship Potemkin</I>, Godard's <I>Breathless</I>, and Welles's <I>Citizen Kane</I>, Caligari helped define a cinematic school and forever changed the way the world made movies. It's also great fun, even for modern audiences.<P> The film begins with two men trading horror stories. One promises the other a terrifying true tale--the harrowing story of his fiancée's narrow escape from death. Here's the story: an amoral asylum director wants to see if he can order somnambulist patient Cesare to commit murder. To this end, the nefarious doctor masquerades as a traveling showman and picks victims from the gawking carnival crowds. He sends his sleepwalker out to execute bloody deeds by night--crimes of which Cesare is barely aware. Soon, Cesare abducts the narrator's girl and is caught which is only the beginning of the surprises.<P> Caligari's world became the textbook example of 1920s German Expressionist cinema--a cockeyed dreamscape, where black-clad actors feverishly chase each other across moody, barely-realistic sets. Think of films such as <I>Dark City</I> or the <I>Nightmare Before Christmas</I> or <I>Saturday Night Live</I>'s "Sprockets" sketches. Here's where it all began. <I>--Grant Balfour</I>
Viewer Reviews
The print is outstanding, the Jazz score is amazing and the toning of the print is excellent. This is also a 35mm print from Germany. Everything is done right with this film. I'm glad Kino took the time. I've never seen Dr. Caligari look so good and sound so good. Kino did an exemplary job. If you haven't seen the film, you've got to, it's too good to not see at least once in your lifetime. It should really be many times.
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