Write a paper based on the Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)
How do the bizarre expressionistic sets affect our viewing of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? Our connection with the characters? Emotional investment?
What is the logo of the architectural elements in the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? Is there any rules of the madness that you noticed? Repetition of spirals. Exaggerated height of the chair/stools for instance-significance? What is the emotional effect the filmmakers are looking for here? What is the architecture of humanity, juxtaposed with the setting of the town?
Examine the usages of mental subjectivity-as in the case of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari where’re the entire film is told through our anti-hero’s POV.
Compare and con starter this film to another films
Choose one from below
1. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
2. La Jatee(Chris Marker, 1962)
3. One flew over a cukoo’s nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
Compare and contrast the ideas of “ escape” in any of the films above.


