German Expressionism 101: Making the Universal Monsters

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Antonia Carlotta

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@blainemccants1390 3 ай бұрын

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@joecrow5484 2 ай бұрын

the sets in son of frankenstein is worth mentioning too!

@JCMacLeod555 3 ай бұрын

The house in Son of Frankenstein, with all the exaggerated angles and crazy shadows was another one that was influenced by expressionism. Glad you mentioned Murders in the Rue Morgue...those scenes on the rooftops are good examples.

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

Yes! That movie is far from perfect, but there are some great things to love about it.

@ttintagel 3 ай бұрын

That house in The Black Cat, that feels like one of those never-ending mazes you try to get out of in a nightmare!

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

Totally. The more I watch that movie, the more I love it.

@fireinthesky2333 3 ай бұрын

Im still new to Universal Monster classics and remain in shock by just how good Dracula, Frankenstein, The Black Cat, and especially 'Bride' are. Im about to watch Son of Frankenstein as we speak. **love your channel btw**

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was just watching Son of Frankenstein the other day! I'm thinking about doing a video where I rank every Frankenstein film

@fireinthesky2333 2 ай бұрын

@AntoniaCarlotta That'd be awesome. I was pleasantly surprised by 'Son.' And speaking of Expressionist influence, it runs strong in the film, to the credit of the director. And this might be Bela Lugosi's best role, a show stealer. While "Bride" remains the incomparable masterpiece, 'Son' was a worthy successor.

@JohnCine 2 ай бұрын

Shadows and fog from Woody Allen it's a comedy. But have influence from German Expressionism. It's incredible how the German Expressionism have influenced.

@SallyKohorst 3 ай бұрын

I love House of Dracula with john carradine and Lon Chaney. Well the doctor is being chased thru the streets by towns people and he has the biggest shadow i have ever seen and in the lab. The doctor has another huge shadow. It amazes me all the time. It always makes me happy when Lawrence does not turn into the wolfman again. I love Bride of Frankenstein too but the first few minutes are the best with Mary Shelly and her husband are talking about her hit novel Really loved this subject.

@brettcoster4781 3 ай бұрын

Your favoured scene from The Black Cat at 6:54 shows me where Dr. Frankenfurter's interactions with each of Janet, Brad, and Rocky Horror in their beds gets its inspiration. (I really must get hold of The Black Cat.) So much of Film Noir uses German Expressionism, mainly due to so many directors coming from Germany and then being put into low-budget crime films: Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard by Wilder, Lang's films in general, Laughton's Night of the Hunter (and so many others that he starred in going right back to The Old Dark House), are all heavily influenced. Two of my favourite films are Lang's Metropolis and Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans both of which helped reinforce Expressionism in film. Great video!

@h.calvert3165 3 ай бұрын

You have fabulous taste! 👍🏻

@howardhays8044 2 ай бұрын

Ample mention has been made of "Son of Frankenstein" - that huge staircase and engulfing fireplace at the manor of Baron von Frankenstein with accompanying shadows really show what your topic is all about (and a "Let's just go for it!" approach by the filmmakers). A couple from the Laemmle period I might add would be "Werewolf of London" (enjoyed your vid on that one) and "Dracula's Daughter". Thanks for what you're doing, Antonia.

@KarlWitsman 2 ай бұрын

This was a very good description of the movement as it related to cinema. Back in my college days, I had heard of The Cabinet, but it was nowhere to be found easily. I had to get a projector and 8mm film (back in the early 1980s) to finally see it. Now it's probably on KZbin several times over.

@storebrandryan 2 ай бұрын

I stumbled on this video at the perfect time! I just saw a screening of the 2010 restoration of "Metropolis" with a live orchestra and it absolutely blew me away. I've been on an expressionist education bender since I came back from the theater and your video is full of fun facts! Love it 🙌

@JohnCine 2 ай бұрын

Actually the first movie of German Expressionism was Student of Praga from 1913.

@banjoist123 3 ай бұрын

I was about 20 years old, home from school for the holidays and had managed to catch the flu. It was New Years Eve and my parents had gone to a party. I lay there on the sofa running a fever watching The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. This memory is still vivid in my mind. The movie exactly matched the feverish thinking I was experiencing. If you contrast this movie against American movies being made at the time, you really get the impact of how completely different and innovative it was. I grew up fascinated by the Universal monsters, and still am.

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

That's SO nice of you to say 🖤

@Sean76G 3 ай бұрын

Caligari is a work of genius and the visuals find an echo in the sets of Frankenstein and the Bride.

@ttintagel 3 ай бұрын

Seeing Caligari on the big screen is one of my favorite movie memories.

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

I think the closest to a "big screen" I ever saw it was in a film class in college on a projector...but hoping I get the opportunity to see it in a real theater some day!

@BlackMoore82 3 ай бұрын

Fritz Lang remains my favorite director. That being said my favorite films of his are Destiny (1921), Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1927), Woman in the Moon (1929), M (1931), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Fury (1936), You Only Live Once (1937), and Man Hunt (1941).

@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

I've seen some of these but certainly not all. Looks like I've got some homework!

@h.calvert3165 3 ай бұрын

BlackMoore82 has an excellent list. I have Die Nibelungen, Metropolis, Woman in the Moon, M, & Fury. The last is a talkie with Spencer Tracy, which caught MGM totally off guard, because they just didn't MAKE films so dark! And whatever you do, don't miss Scarlet Street! 😱

@NightAtTheOpera3 3 ай бұрын

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@AntoniaCarlotta 3 ай бұрын

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@krpyton7368 3 ай бұрын

The lighthouse 2019 directed by Robert eggers uses german Exprsionism

@brenthenshaw3585 2 ай бұрын

Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein borrow heavily from Metropolis. The creation scenes mirror the scene of Rotwang transferring Maria's lifeforce into the robot, and the Bride's head movements are similar to those of the false Maria when she calls the workers to destroy the machines. There are also similarities between Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

@BradLad56 2 ай бұрын

The thing I find odd about the 1931 Dracula is that Renfield goes on and on about how Mina must be protected but he never meets her in that version so it doesn't make sense why he would be worried about someone he hasn't met.