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Expressionism in Film

The intensive and dark side of Expressionism influences horror movies and other intense works of the 20's and 30's. In the video presentations was referred The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary which reproduces the strange chaotic perspectives of certain expressionist paintings. The whole movie is available in Youtube, here is the trailer

The master piece of the silent horror movie is Murnau's Nosferatu

However, other master pieces of Russian film are the perfect example of Expressionism, such as Eisenstein's movies

and the amazing Dziga Vertov's documentary Man with a Movie Camera

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