I was thorougly impressed with Wiene's film "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari." Given that the film was from 1920, the length and elaboration was highly innovative. There were so many cuts to allow for zoom-ins with an otherwise immobile camera. The scenery was, for me, the most fantastical piece of the movie. As we read in Kracauer's essay, the scenery was Impressionistic. I feel that the flat settings were, for want of a better word, AWESOME. I loved them. The funky angles and distorted perspectives lent such an air of whimsy to the film that one couldn't help but fall into this unreaslitic world. The windows that were painted with the light perspectives straight onto the walls were wonderfully innovative and, as was said in class, gravity and the natural laws seemed suspended.

I've never seen another live action movie with such fantastical elements. The chairs with backs of five feet, or legs of six; the dirt paths that were only a foot wide, light that never seemed to come from the windows; trees that were sharp and uninviting; I found all of it to enhance the film.