Movie Review

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was made in 1920, the movie was directed by Robert Wiene. The three main characters were Werner Krauss who played Dr. Caligari, Conrad Veiidt who played Cesare and Friedrich Feher who played Francis. This movie was about a very insane hypnotist who uses a somnambulist to commit murders. Cody M a reviewer from Rotten Tomatoes writes “One of the first true competent storytelling films, that just so happens to be a horror.” The film is special because the movie tells a movie without using sound. They created a very dramatic like horror movie in silence. In 2002 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was nominated for Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards that was the only award that this movie have been nominated for. When the movie started I didn’t expect it to be a silent movie whatsoever. When watching the movie it kind of makes you feel like you are actually there. The best area of the film had to be the camera angles I had the feel of like I was spying on a person that I shouldn’t be spying on. The things that were not as successful to me was the way the subtitles would pop up on the screen the chose the wrong font. Another thing is how they would be mouthing words, if it’s supposed to be a silent movie they shouldn’t be mouthing anything. The elements that really wouldn’t hold up to well today would be the slowness of the movie and also the silence of the movie.