The movie "The cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is clearly way to different form our times now. Being the fact that is black & white and that there is no voice, is for anyone of us to turn off the movie and click play to one of our current color movies. But I do have to say that from time to time is good to see how films started to play a big role in society.
In the movie, there is a part where Caligari wants to get a permit to operate his conseccion while a fair is in function. But not being his luck, he's treated very bad and poorly by the clerk official. His intention to get a permit done was unsuccessful and he was force to leave the place.
This part is very important because it's something we can relate to in today's society. Who would have inagine that such behavior have lived for so many years. In my opinion, when I come across a situation like this it makes me ask myself "why people act like this towards others?". Why there is so many ignorant people out there? why is it so hard to help others when your job description is just that, Help others?. I believe that most of the times humans tent not to care for others even if their job requires it. It's very bad behaviour and manners to treat someone else as if they are trash and don't deserve the respect that they should be given. As of today, there is plenty and plenty of people that are to stock on judging someone by their looks, ethic background, skin color, etc. But as the old phrase says "don't judge its book by its cover", everyone should take this phrase with them and live with it every day. Just because he/she works at a certain place "like this clerk" it doesn't give that person the right to choose whether to help someone or not. Maybe if we try to put ourselves in the other person's shoes and see what their issues or problems they are going thru it could be a lesson to treat each other with respect and equality every day. But since they see that someone elses problem doesn't affect them, they don't try to care.
1. The symbolism of caligary's power over Cesare is presented as Caligary's being a government and Cesare as the people of that country being control by Caligary.
2. The profit motive affected cultural production in the modern age in the way that it created another form of how to be creative for society & entertained them while getting money as a profit out of it.
3. I would evaluate the Frankfurst School elitism regarding mass culture as a form of organization that was only interested in making money. the profit motive was the only primary reason they wanted to obtain, and the artistic integrity of making the product was of no value to them as long as their profit in money was increasing.
4. (a) how the carnival and film genereated money for the German economy after a bad lost following the war. (b) The control that Caligari had over Cesare reflects German gosvernment. (c) Seeing how situation can be either good/bad, and making or creating a better way.
5. kracauer interprets the film as a choice between tyranny and chaos by showing how much control and power Caligari had over Cesare and seeing all the chaos the carnival created among the public.
6. There was an increase pressure to develop the German film industry after the first world war because, the country had experience bad economy after the war.
7. I don't think the claim that expressionism breeds excessive inwardness and withdrawal. Everyone has a mind of their own and they can think, believe, and follow what they think its right or wrong. Sometimes because of the lack of not having an open mind, many people don't allow themselves the opportunity to see someone elses point of view regarding any type of issue.
8. The film foreshadow the Nazi regime according to Kracauer by showing what the German country is going to become. "A country control by a commander that will tell everyone what to do".
9. Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practised, embodied, or realised. (Ref. "Widipedia.com"). It relates to cultural criticism because it shows and demonstrates how something new to society can be critizied without given the chance to generated what it can attribute to society.
