The Context Post-war mood in Germany Production context.
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The Context
• Post-war mood in Germany• Production context
Post-war mood in Germany
• Development of horror cinema• Fear of the outsider• Chaos• Useless authority
Production context
• Writers:
• Carl Mayer and Hans Janovitz
• The two men considered the new film medium as a new type of artistic expression – visual storytelling that necessitated collaboration between writers and painters, cameramen, actors, directors.
• Janowitz – memory of a fairground murder in 1913
• Mayer – War experiences with military doctors
• Producer – Erich PommerCommercial considerations
• Initial director – Fritz LangChanges to the framing narrative
To what extent does an understanding of context influence our understanding of a sequence from
Caligari?
Homework
Choose a Weimar film from the list. Research plot, link to other contemporary films and any key features of expressionism.
• Der Student Von Prag (The Student Of Prague) (1913)– Paul Wegener/ (1926) - Henrik Galeen • Faust – 1926 F. W. Murnau
• Der Lestze Mann (The Last Laugh) 1924 – F. W. Murnau
• The Joyless Street (Die Freudlose Gasse) 1925 - Georg Wilhelm Pabst
• Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination ("Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination", also known in English as Warning Shadows) 1923 - Arthur Robison.
• Der Mude Tod (Destiny) 1921 – Fritz Lang
• Secrets Of A Soul (Geheimnisse einer Seele) 1923 - Georg Wilhelm Pabst
• Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) 1924 – Paul Leni
• The Niebelungen 1924 – Fritz Lang
• Dr Mabuse, The Gambler 1922 – Fritz Lang
• Phantom (1922) - F. W. Murnau
• From Morn To Midnight (1920) - Karl Heinz Martin
• Genuine: A Tale Of A Vampire (1920) - Robert Wiene
• The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hande) (1925) Robert Wiene