Tag Archives: expressionism
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
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
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
Caligari and Metropolis: The Language of Weimar 