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Review: No 1. The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1919) Starring Conrad Veidt. Based on the region one DVD by Kino International....

When "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari" Slips in conversations. People often yap on like "Oh. It's a masterpiece" and "The art Design is Fantastic".Well all of that is true but what people often forget is that it certainally was not made that way. It was made to shock them (well at the time it was pretty freaky). It was designed to upset them with wierd images and swirling landscapes.Tim Burton ripped this film off - Fact. . It all upset them very deeply .The film starts with an old man saying that the night is filled with spirits. What has he been smoking ?. A younger guy is sat beside him. A young guy who takes in everthing he says. What has he been smoking ?. The young guys "Wife to be". Walks past looking half stoned. The words "what has she been smoking?" come to mind.So the guy does what all husbands would do if they saw there wifes stoned. He tells an old man about his past. Told you this wouldnt make sence.So we get a flashback. Of a german village on a hill. What the ? . A German villiage on a hill. A whole villaige on top of a huge hill, seriously the hills big enough to be a mountain .we meet this person called alan. Who loks like hes on drugs aswell. He sees somthing in the newspaper and has a panic attack ! What has hes wife died ! His mother ! His son ! .... No the funfair is coming to town. The panic attack turns out to be a joy attack. I suppose people really liked the funfair back then.So acting like a half crazed child he runs to his best friend francis - Who is also the guy at the beginning of the story. You know the young guy with the stoned fiancee.He begs francis to come to the funfair. It sounds like this. Please ? No. Please? No.Please? . No. So Francis caves in and gos to the fair. The fair Is full of stalls. No rides. Or tents. Stalls. Selling candy floss and stuff. Who gos to a flipping german funfair just to buy candyfloss. So They come across. Some tents. Finally some tents .So whats in tents ? . Freaks ?