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Linggo, Setyembre 1, 2013

German Expressionism (1919- 1926)

As I read the German Expressionism from the book of Film Art and Film History, I think German Expressionism is a film of the world of light and shadow. At the start of the World War 1, German's film industry is not that good. Most of their theaters are full of American, French, Italian and Danish Films. German films are quite have a little showing. German film industry focused on three genres. The internationally popular adventure serial, featuring spy rings, clever detectives, or exotic settings. They also concentrated on sex exploitation cycle which topics are about homosexuality and even prostitution. By this time, the last type of film is financially successful. And I think because of the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari(1920), the German film rise up again and created a sensation in Berlin and then in United States, France and other countries. German Expressionist films are more of a storyline matched the visuals in terms of darkness and disillusionment. It usually shows a mood and featuring a charactersfrom a corrupt underworld crime. It can also be describe like the Film Noir like the used of words and the genre. Knowing that Expressionism is the movement in the fine arts that emphasized the expression of one’s inner self and their angst rather than solely being realistic and fanboyish about the world and life. At this point the Caligari film shows the Expressionist stylization functions to convey the distorted viewpoint of madman.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

But when the Expressionism became an accepted style, still the filmmakers didn't motivate Expressionist style as the narrative point of view of mad characters. Instead, Expressionism functioned to create stylized situations for fantasy and horror stories. 

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