Il gabinetto del Dr. Caligari

This is a seriously creepy affair that follows the story of the young "Franzis" (Friedrich Feher) who goes to a fairground one night with his friend "Alan" (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski). They happen upon the performance of the coffin-dwelling somnambulist prophesier "Cesare" (Conrad Veidt) and his spooky master "Dr. Caligari" (Werner Krauss). "Casare" - who is all but skeletal in appearance, port…

This is the worst movie I've ever watched 15 minutes of. Lars von Trier once said he knew at the latest fifteen minutes into a movie whether it was worth continuing, and I took that advice to heart, so here we are. Okay. Seriously. SERIOUSLY? Yes, 102 years ago, "cinema" was in its early years. Silent movies, someone on a piano going plonkty plonk while people were drinking moonshine, smoking p…

**"There are spirits. They are all around us."** My thoughts throughout the film... 1. The first half was a little boring and seemed cut and dry, but the second half ate 2. Caligari was going to town ringing that bell 3. His gloves are Mickey's gloves, could not take him seriously at all 4. It almost looked like Cesare had sparkly gold eyeshadow when his eyes were shut and I love that 5.…