Warning Shadows

# 964

karman çorman

A crash course in German Expressionism in an hour and 23 minutes. Seriously every little detail in the genre is featured here, sadly the story line is thin to begin with a feels unnecessary padded and bare bones when stretched even more.

Very clever use of shadows -- they employ just about every shadow trick you can think of, including the cut-out silhouette play that Lotte Reiniger would use soon after in Prince Achmed. The film ends up being a statement on the persuasive power of images, and thus a reflexive comment on itself. Fritz Kortner's wild-eyed performance looks like Klaus Kinski trapped in Oliver Platt's body. The movie is paced too slowly, though, and feels sluggish throughout.

Sombras estreava há 100 anos na Alemanha. Jurava que já tinha visto esse, mas não, é a primeira vez, acho que o que mais salta aos olhos aqui para além do aspecto técnico é a metalinguagem da projeção das sombras como se fosse o próprio cinema. Box OP Expressionismo Alemão volume 4.

I know what you did Last Supper: A Game of Shadows.