Fritz Lang
Nobody knows what the future holds for AI but it will continue to evolve and show audiences new possibilities that were once unthinkable.
In this week’s Video Dispatches we take a look at the recently released Blu-Rays of Moonfleet (1955), In Fabric (2018) and A Blonde in Love (1965).
Begun in the years surrounding World War I, German Expressionism brought to the screen a sense of their society’s darkness & despair.
They say if two’s company, then three’s a crowd, but I like crowds, especially when they’re crowds of gangster movies from countries around the world. So this is our third outing (first here, second here), and if my editor doesn’t kill me, there might be a fourth. Yes, there’s crime in every country, and where there’s crime there are criminals, and when they get organized they become gangsters, and if said country has a film business chances are they will make gangster movies.
German silent cinema of the 1920’s produced some of the most influential directors in the art of film making. Most directors and screenwriters working during this period were highly influenced by the German Expressionism art movement. Directors displayed Expressionism art in their films by presenting a distorted reality, which showed the inner turmoil of the characters.