Author Archives: emarobinson
Freder and the clock machine: Religion and Technology
(This is just me practicing with scene analysis) Chapter: Fear The sequence follows the moment when Freder discovers the workers city. He decides that he himself must take up the position of one of the workers, and endures a gruelling … Continue reading
Thoughts on Metropolis
Last night I had the opportunity to see Metropolis as it should be seen: in a cinema. As it is one of the two key films I’ll be focusing on in my thesis, I really wanted to be able to … Continue reading
Expressionism and Romanticism
At the moment I am reading “The Haunted Screen” by Lotte Eisner, which is considered to be one of the two most important books on the topic of German Cinema in the 1920′s, so the next couple of weeks will … Continue reading
“Behind the lives and writings of the Germans there is always a mysterious world whose light alone seems to pierce the veil of our atmosphere; and the minds dispose to ascend towards that world – which ends with the beginning … Continue reading
Expressionism v. Impressionism
“Expressionism is a reaction against the atom-splitting of Impressionism, which reflects the iridescent ambiguities, disquieting diversity, and ephemeral hues of nature. At the same time Expressionism sets itself against Naturalism with its mania for recording more facts, and its paltry … Continue reading
Introduction to the thesis topic
Hello Internet, Yesterday in my class for “Research Methods” it was suggested to us that we start a blog to encourage writing about our thesis/exegesis topics every day. Since my motivation has been lacking in the last few weeks, I … Continue reading
Caligari and Metropolis: The Language of Weimar 