Title: Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Year: 1919
Country: Germany
Director: Robert Wiene
Producer: Rudolf Meinert & Erich Pommer
Genre: Fantasy & Horror
Runtime: 72 minutes
Viewed: May 30, 2010
Review: This is the first film out of the six that has been told as a story. The film starts being told by one man to another, but then the Director takes the watchers on a tour via a flashback. It is from there the film is told, but you don't necessarily realize that you are being told the story until you reach the end and come the realization that it was being told as a story. There were a couple interesting factors about this movie that are different from the others, the first being that there is a supernatural feel to the movie. The character Cesare has the ability to not only know everything from the past but as well to see the future. The second detail that is different is that the viewers see at the end that the whole layout for the movie takes place in an insane asylum. Lastly, the set took a complete turn from the last film. In the last film we witnessed a very elaborate set where this set appeared to be painted for a good majority. It would appear that the effort that maybe should have been paid to set was given instead to the dialogue cards. The dialogue cards were very different in this movie, different style, detail, and overall the way they were written, which in all actuality made them difficult to read.
Rating:
2.75 Shamrocks
3.25 Soccer Balls
Movie 6 down... 995 to go!
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