Schatten - Eine nachtliche Halluzination (1923)
aka Warning Shadows
directed by Arthur Robison
cinematography by Fritz Arno Wagner
art direction by Albin Grau
This film is filled with visual puns, constantly reminding the viewers they are watching a film, this is not real. The players reinforce this in a beautifully draped stage within rooms on a film screen. Even though it's easy to get swept up in the gorgeous imagery, the plot twist ending punctuates this fact once again. Its so engaging visually and intellectually. Fantasy and reality all beautifully intertwined.
The proscinium arch is introduced over and over again:
3 comments:
I'm digging your site, very termitic, no attempts to tie it all in to a "point" or larger structure. Not that I don't always try to do this, and won't keep trying, elephantine termite that I am, but your take on the whole blogging thing is refreshing.
I did review Warning Shadows back in September - great pick with that image of the antlers.
(I found your site through Some Came Running - great title you've got.)
Thanks for your comment, it set me to thinking. The title of this blog is explained in my profile, but I haven't talked much about my motives for my images. As no one else is writing my biography, I'll put my thoughts down in a separate post.
nice site by the way!
shahn,
Thanks - keep dropping by & let me know what you think on a given post (it seems to have slowed down a bit at my blog, despite the fact that I've just picked up the pace in posting - go figure). Should be some interesting stuff coming up next week - things that have been on the back burner, etc.
Looking forward to the explanation, though I dig the title even without one.
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