Diagonaldi Very well executed

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

re-animatresse billed as "the first true horror film" by critic Roger Ebert, Das Cabinet is the first in the list of horror and Halloween-themed films i've watched this October to make me dread my own mortality, for the prospect that i might never view it again the settings are mesmerising and create the sense that you're looking at a feature-film-length stop motion Expressionist painting. if i'd known nothing about it and you'd presented it to me as early Tim Burton, whose stylised settings and character designs bear strong resemblance to German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s, i'd have believed you and credited it as by far his best work inspired by the screenwriters' experiences during World War I and subsequent mistrust of authority, with Dr. Caligari representing, in the words of Hans Janowitz, 'the authoritative power of an inhuman state gone mad', the story is compelling even without the political subtext: a psychiatrist obsessed with an 18th century Italian mystic (Caligari) tries to emulate him by using a pathological sleepwalker to terrorise a German town i highly recommend the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung's 4K restoration with hypnotic musical accompaniment by composer John Zorn that's sure to leave a lasting impression pairs well with Gorilla Glue #4

Irishchatter Of course, back in the 1920s you would expect to watch bad quality but really, none of it made sense to me. I don't usually watch silent films but the poster made me want to watch it and it reminded me of David Bowie in dark version like! What was so annoying as well in silent movies like this, you would miss half the words they say, like if the text screen pops up and then disappears, you would still see them still talking! I have to say, this one was even worse and gave me a headache really lol! Its not that i don't like silent movies, its just that well they can be very hard to follow. Whereas the talkies were easier to know what the hell is going on with the characters! Its a pity I didn't get to enjoy it since the Joker inspired actor Conrad Veidt was on this...

dougdoepke Surreal nightmare. Being a silent movie, visuals count for all, and here they add up to a world of eerie imagination. I gather the production had meager funds, so the sets amount to a triumph of artistry over budget. Note how effectively the angular contours intensify the ghastly mood. Oh sure, the acting—if you want to call it that—is resoundingly florid, to say the least. Of course, exaggeration was unavoidable since narrative could not depend on dialogue, nor endless rounds of caption interruptions. As a result story is sometimes hard to follow, and probably subtleties in the story were lost on viewers like me. But, oh boy, for folks stuck on eye shadow, there's enough here to keep a mascara factory going full blast. The eyes definitely have it. Note, however, that the amount and kind of eye shadow pretty much defines the character. So it's not just for show. Anyhow, the 67-minutes counts for more than a milestone in movie-making. It's still an unreal visual experience.

tom-durham Back in the day when movies were new, you could film anything and people would watch it.Most movies you can speed up to 1.2x maybe 1.5x. This one was watchable at a whopping 3x-4x. You don't even have to be a fast reader! The actors pull faces and hardly move, which feels cartoonish. There are a couple of bits near the end where I slowed down to 2x but for the most part....Even at 4x speed not much happens.If you can't speed it up, prepare for a snore fest, a predictable plot and a twist that wasn't worth waiting for.The wacky cheaply made sets might pique your interest if you are into that sort of thing so I gave it an extra star for that.