F.W. Murnau
F.W. Murnau’s undeniable classic Nosferatu is a chilling, unsettling experience and a true case of mise en scène artistry.
From Murnau’s inventive visual storytelling to Jannings’ wonderful performance, The Last Laugh is the perfect film to begin one’s journey into the world of Weimar cinema.
Begun in the years surrounding World War I, German Expressionism brought to the screen a sense of their society’s darkness & despair.
German expressionism was an art movement that began life around 1910 emerging in architecture, theatre and art. Expressionism art typically presented the world from a subjected view and thus attempted to show a distorted view of this world to evoke a mood or idea. The emotional meaning of the object is what mattered to the artist and not the physical reality.
