Expressionist Cinema
 

Who shares the love for early German cinema such as The Cabinet of Dr Cagliari , The Golem: How He Came Into The World, Metropolis, Nosferatu etc?

Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari in full



A clip from Nosferatu


The end of The Golem


And a modern example. The best thing Tim Burton has ever done

i saw nosferatu on spongebob lol

Dude, so did I. We're just a couple of goons.

Anyway, I'm wantin to check out Nosferatu.

You should, its probably the best piece of Expressionist film ever imo. F. W Murnau is a genius in the way he used tone, lighting and music to create what still is a scary film.

Nosferatu was great, I admit that I'm not familiar with early German cinema. I shall fix this problem ASAP. What other films of Murnau's would you recommend that I watch next? I think that Faust is available at my local library, but I'm not entirely sure. I'd appreciate any suggestions, I've only heard heard/read/etc. praise for Nosferatu, his other films seem to rarely get mentioned.

The Last Laugh is his best German film with exception to Nosferatu and Faust. He emigrated to Hollywood and made Sunrise, which a lot of people say is one of the greatest films ever made. Expressionist-wise though, Nosferatu and Faust are his best.

I've heard of Sunrise many times before, I had no idea that he was the one who directed it. If my library has it, I shall borrow Faust.

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'M' is my favourite, and Metropolis was at one point scored by Queen apparently. *shudder*

can anyone think of any expressionist films that weren't German? were there any?

EDIT: props for the 'cabinet..' link, not seen it yet!

I dont think there actually were. The whole movement was known as German Expressionism, the Italians and French were doing Surrealism and Realism around the same time

It's crazy but i've been terrorized by Nosferatu when i was a child.