The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

My FAVOURITE black and white, German, film noir, silent flick of all time! Went to extreme lengths just to get a DVD I rarely watch... totally worth it. Who can make painted cardboard sets, too much make up, and no spoken dialogue suuuuper creepy and evocative? The Germans. I know, I know. Sounds lame. But just so you know, you're wrong! Just got to see it to know what I'm chattering about...

And as an added bonus, when you're talking about this film you get to use the word Somnambulist. How many films can claim that! Basically cuz it's about an evil guy who has a sideshow act at a fair and his act is that he pulls out of his cupboard this Somnambulist who can tell unusually excited people at the fair when they're going to die... then they do... then the somnambulist falls in love with a chick, and kidnaps her (possibly because he's a bit too ugly to actually attract her through traditional courtship), and her boyfriend is none too thrilled about this, the chase ensues... fast forward fast forward and it's suggested this could all have been the imagination of the boyfriend who is actually in a mental institution and none of it ever happened... THEN it's suggested that the evil guy runs the mental institution and locked the boyfriend in their so he wouldn't tell anyone he was the one killing the dudes in the middle of the night... confused? Good. I love movies like that :D Bit of Mulholland Drive inspired severe brain seizures going on...

Amazing. This film is literally art. Just as it should be.
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