For those who are too young to remember, and for those who are too old to forget,
this is what silent movies looked like when we attended screenings in the 1970’s.
The professors and learned scholars who introduced the shows
heaped copious praise upon the films’ brilliance,
and then projected this garbage onto the matte-white screen,
to our great bewilderment and disbelief.
The professors and learned scholars had the audacity to tell us that this junk was good?
What on earth were they smoking?
We are fortunate that now, at long last, in our digital age,
some archives and some distributors (not all by any means)
are taking some care to display for us the filmmakers’ original intentions.
| Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | |
| What We Saw at the Cinema in the 1970’s | What We See on Digital Now |
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| Other Items of Possible Interest |
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Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920) Official Trailer #1 - German Horror Movie Posted on Oct 1, 2013 1964 reissue, music by Peter Schirmann |
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filmkunstgrafik, Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari - Trailer Posted on Mar 26, 2010 1964 reissue, music by Peter Schirmann |
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Tim Casey, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari trailer Posted on Aug 8, 2007 |
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Ben Euphrat, Caligari Trailer.mov Posted on Aug 9, 2011 |
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Bertelsmann, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”: The Making-of A Restoration Posted on Jan 27, 2014 |
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moonflix, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) | FULL COLOR | German Horror Film, Psycho Thriller | Full Movie Posted on Mar 29, 2021 |
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freuyndegaesdte, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (mit rekonstruiertem Ton) Posted on Dec 31, 2021 |
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Macabre Media, Top 28 | #7 | Cabinet of Dr Caligari | 1920 | Trailer Posted on Jan 28, 2022 |
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Karl Bartos, The making of: Karl Bartos talks about his soundtrack, EN, 2023 Posted on Nov 30, 2023 |
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15SecondFilmFestival, The Filing Cabinet of Dr Caligari Posted on Feb 29, 2024 |