Film Studies Daily Log

Wednesday, October 28

In response to the class's request on Tuesday that we watch films appropriate to Halloween, we turned our attention to German post-WWI Expressionism and the films which launched the horror genre.

We learned a bit about conditions in Germany in the wake of the Great War which gave birth to Expressionism in the arts, then watched the first twenty-five minutes of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, followed by a few minutes of Murnau's Nosferatu.

Students received a multi-page handout on German Expressionism

HW due Thursday:
Read the handout and prepare to answer questions about it.