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blissed-and-gone:

one thing I’ve always loved about Smashing Pumpkins is how lovely, theatrical & freaking weird their videos always were.

I wasn’t ever a huge Pumpkins fan—though I will always love “1979”—but their later vids invariably had awesome production values; watching this, I noticed the obvious homage to Aubrey Beardsley, and as well, there’s more than a hint of Caligari and Lil Dagover specifically here. Their sources of inspiration are utterly impeccable.

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mollielarue:

This month, theaters from all around have been showing The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a silent horror film that has blown people’s minds with its weirdness since its premiere in 1920. There are still some showings coming up, so catch it if you can. If there’s a screening near you, feel free to reblog with the info.

10.20.12 - A 7 p.m. screening at the Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana. With organ accompaniment by Dennis James.

10.28.12 - Screening at the Usher Hall Annual Halloween Party (Edinburgh, Scotland) with organ accompaniment from Donald MacKenzie.

10.30.12 - A screening with live improvised accompaniment by organist Cameron Carpenter. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco.

Now through 11.11.12 - A German Expressionism exhibit, The Human Beast, at The San Diego Museum of Art. The exhibits include continuous screenings of Caligari, M and Nosferatu. Caligari screens on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

11.11.12 - Screening at The Barbican Centre in London with accompaniment on piano by Neil Brand and John Sweeney.

2.26.13 - Screening at the City Performance Hall in Dallas, with an original score by Austin-based composer Brian Satterwhite.

I’m going to the showing in SF on the 30th! Is anyone else? Let’s do a Tumblr meetup! :D

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andthetidewaswayout: quorious: I’m your Villain by *Oh-Ninona i just really like this fanart. I usually dislike fannish illustrations, but this is an exception. My only (very minor) quibble is that Ye Mighty Package of Cesare could have rendered a bit larger, but it’s only perverts like monocoleporter and myself who have spent so much time poring over the dimensions of his crotchular area in the first place.

andthetidewaswayout:

quorious:

I’m your Villain by *Oh-Ninona

i just really like this fanart.

I usually dislike fannish illustrations, but this is an exception. My only (very minor) quibble is that Ye Mighty Package of Cesare could have rendered a bit larger, but it’s only perverts like monocoleporter and myself who have spent so much time poring over the dimensions of his crotchular area in the first place.

(via lipstickmata)

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Since I’ve been watching The Cabinet of Dr Caligari for the umpteenth time, I’ve realized some things, like how Lil Dagover always reminds me of Pola Negri; I’ve also always wondered what went into the decision to make Cesare twenty-three, though it’s not like twenty-six-year-old Connie can’t play three years younger—hell, in some shots he looks about seventeen! I just am curious if the number 23 had some special significance for the filmmakers. As well, even though I love this film, the tendency for MSTie commentary in my head still continues unabated. After Francis finds Alan’s body & is frantically thinking, I thought, “We’ve got to get forensics down here! Grissom will find out what’s happened!” And in the above scene, after Jane has fled in terror, the conversation I automatically supplied was this: CESARE: Where pretty lady go? CALIGARI: That’s right, begone, wench! No-one’s allowed to be prettier than Cesare around here! I apologize to everyone, everywhere, for everything.

Since I’ve been watching The Cabinet of Dr Caligari for the umpteenth time, I’ve realized some things, like how Lil Dagover always reminds me of Pola Negri; I’ve also always wondered what went into the decision to make Cesare twenty-three, though it’s not like twenty-six-year-old Connie can’t play three years younger—hell, in some shots he looks about seventeen! I just am curious if the number 23 had some special significance for the filmmakers.

As well, even though I love this film, the tendency for MSTie commentary in my head still continues unabated. After Francis finds Alan’s body & is frantically thinking, I thought, “We’ve got to get forensics down here! Grissom will find out what’s happened!” And in the above scene, after Jane has fled in terror, the conversation I automatically supplied was this:

CESARE: Where pretty lady go?
CALIGARI: That’s right, begone, wench! No-one’s allowed to be prettier than Cesare around here!

I apologize to everyone, everywhere, for everything.

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