Saturday, July 16, 2005
I just finished watching a couple of vids from Netflix. I watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
. It's a silent, German film from 1920. It's the story of a sideshow act in which Caligari travels with and shows off his somnambulist. After the somnambulist correctly predicts the death of his friend, Alan suspects that Caligari is using him to carry out his carnal desires. The story is about Alan's attempts to catch Caligari and the somnambulist, Cesare, before they can act again. The whole movie is shot in expressionism, (Think downtown in Monkeybone
) where the madness of the situation is expressed through the environment. There is a great twist at the end that makes you analyze the whole movie again.
It's a movie that might be worth a rent, but probably not a buy. (Well, its worth a rent if you're willing to endure no dialogue and crazy sets. Most people wouldn't sit through this movie however.)
It also arrived on the same day as The Golem
. It's another silent, German film. It's pretty straight forward. And it was pretty much the story that I had heard. I wish there were more Golem resources out there. I keep getting this idea that there are more golem stories out there that we aren't getting.
Man builds golem (robot). Places words (software) inside that animate the golem. The golem experiences life (Johnny 5), goes crazy (HAL), and rebels against man (Terminator, Frankenstein, Pokemon, whatever). It's a pretty simple story that a lot of sci-fi stories seem to follow. (Much in the same way that A Bug's Life
is just a retelling of Seven Samurai
.)
I would like to learn more about golems. All I can seem to find is the one story and a lot of links to The Lord Of The Rings
. Of course that's Gollum, but that doesn't matter to the search engines.
If anybody knows any good golem stories, I'd appreciate it.
I don't have much else to say, but here are some links that I have been meaning to put up. Go try them out. They are pretty random...
A baby name wizard. (Try looking for boys named Susan. Seriously! They exist.)
NetLingo's dictionary
Trogdor! (Where I spend too much time.)
Bonsai Kitten (Not for people who thinks it is real.)
And a tirade that hits close to home. (This one has cursing in it folks. And some crazy person writing it.)
. It's a silent, German film from 1920. It's the story of a sideshow act in which Caligari travels with and shows off his somnambulist. After the somnambulist correctly predicts the death of his friend, Alan suspects that Caligari is using him to carry out his carnal desires. The story is about Alan's attempts to catch Caligari and the somnambulist, Cesare, before they can act again. The whole movie is shot in expressionism, (Think downtown in Monkeybone) where the madness of the situation is expressed through the environment. There is a great twist at the end that makes you analyze the whole movie again.It's a movie that might be worth a rent, but probably not a buy. (Well, its worth a rent if you're willing to endure no dialogue and crazy sets. Most people wouldn't sit through this movie however.)
It also arrived on the same day as The Golem
. It's another silent, German film. It's pretty straight forward. And it was pretty much the story that I had heard. I wish there were more Golem resources out there. I keep getting this idea that there are more golem stories out there that we aren't getting.Man builds golem (robot). Places words (software) inside that animate the golem. The golem experiences life (Johnny 5), goes crazy (HAL), and rebels against man (Terminator, Frankenstein, Pokemon, whatever). It's a pretty simple story that a lot of sci-fi stories seem to follow. (Much in the same way that A Bug's Life
is just a retelling of Seven Samurai.)I would like to learn more about golems. All I can seem to find is the one story and a lot of links to The Lord Of The Rings
. Of course that's Gollum, but that doesn't matter to the search engines.If anybody knows any good golem stories, I'd appreciate it.
I don't have much else to say, but here are some links that I have been meaning to put up. Go try them out. They are pretty random...
A baby name wizard. (Try looking for boys named Susan. Seriously! They exist.)
NetLingo's dictionary
Trogdor! (Where I spend too much time.)
Bonsai Kitten (Not for people who thinks it is real.)
And a tirade that hits close to home. (This one has cursing in it folks. And some crazy person writing it.)
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