Appreciation of outstanding works of expressionist films

Director Robert Wayne. It marks the birth of German expressionist films, and "Cariga Doctrine" has become synonymous with expressionism. Dr. Carrigari's creative and subjective narrative performance was evaluated by kracauer as: "Even today, film narrative has not made such outstanding achievements".

Dr. Carrigari was regarded as a classic film soon after its premiere, and was regarded as a masterpiece of an era in the1920s. People have been analyzing this film, but no one imitates it to make a movie. The background of that era determined that its aesthetic thought was cruel and extreme. Metropolis (1927)

This is one of the most important films in Fritz Lang's life, and it is also the most important film in German film history. This film is expressionist and sci-fi. By describing the architecture of a fictional metropolis, this paper analyzes that the future science and technology society will lead to the destruction of mankind. The unique, weird and sharp style of this film undoubtedly established his position in the history of German film.

With specific scene design and space creation, the film creates a virtual space-time of the mechanized future world and leads the audience into a cold space created based on mechanical aesthetics. The excessive development of mechanical civilization may lead to the extinction of human nature, just like the evil scientist and the robot created by Maria in the movie. Therefore, questioning and examining scientific civilization has become the theme throughout the whole play of Metropolis. Sunrise: A Song for Two (1927)

Maunau's first film in America marked the highest artistic level in the silent film era and the peak of German expressionism. It won the first Oscar for Best Actress, Best Photography, and a special award-Art Quality Award. Hair brain is very sensitive to the touch of light and shadow. The picture composition created in the silent film era is not only imitated by most directors, but his works are still irresistible today after more than 80 years. Mao nao, a master of light and shadow generation, is a pioneer in many aspects of film history. He constantly explores new film techniques-Gothic castles, vampire, ghostly shadows, and the spectacular scene of Faust and the devil roaming Wan Li. Mao nao only shot 2 1 in his life, and only 12 was handed down. M M (193 1) (alias "the murderer is m"

Fritz Lang made his first sound film, telling the story of a psychopath who killed a child. In the film, he skillfully used the combination of sound and picture to create a very successful atmosphere. The use of scene scheduling, suspense, light and shadow, sound, rhythm and details in "M" laid the foundation for film noir in future films. This film has brought more fame to Fritz Lang than Metropolis, and it has also become a model of film research. Ministry of fear (1944)

Fritz Lang made a suspense film for Hollywood, and the director grasped the mysterious atmosphere well. From the compact storyline of this film and the emotional context of the hero and heroine, we can see the successful integration of expressionism and Hollywood commercial film system. The style of this film is very similar to Hitchcock's film.