Document Type
Honors
Department
Film Studies Program
Rights Management
Rhode Island College
Abstract
German Expressionist cinema is a movement that began in 1919. Expressionist film is marked by distinct visual features and performance styles that rebel against prior realist art movements. More than 20 years prior to the Expressionist movement, Sigmund Frued published "The Interpretation of Dreams" in 1899, a ground breaking study that links dreams to unconcious impulses. This thesis argues that the unexplained dream - like imagery found in two Expressionist films, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) and Dr. Mabus, the Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922) - can be seen in terms of Freud's model of dreaming.
Recommended Citation
Tortolani, Erica, "“Citizenship in a Nightmare Country:” German Expressionist Film and Freud’s Dream Theory" (2013). Honors Projects. 73.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects/73
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