Secrets of Cinema
Secrets of Cinema Ninety-nine years ago, a new form of storytelling emerged from the ruins of World War I. Caligari addressed a direct challenge to its audience, demanding to be viewed as something…
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Secrets of Cinema
Ninety-nine years ago, a new form of storytelling emerged from the ruins of World War I. Caligari addressed a direct challenge to its audience, demanding to be viewed as something other than what was immediately presented. Different in scope and power from theater or literature, and unlike any film that had come before, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr.
Relegating the film condescendingly to the horror genre, or treating it merely as a case study in style, critics have failed to look at it with due seriousness. Unfortunately, criticism has not risen to the challenge. On the other hand, the film's ambiguity, structural devices, and psychological depth gave cinema a number of tools that other filmmakers were quick to start using.
This book examines a spectrum of narrative films that can be seen in new ways with methods derived and evolved from the techniques of Caligari. The intention is