Caligari & Guignol

A further thought on the question of "THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI".
When I last watched the film it occurred to me that each of the actors
appearing in it were long dead. I was in fact watching a number of
ghosts enmeshed in celluloid. While they each played their part in a
plot, which raised complex questions about identity etc, I couldn't
help considering how these shades from the first quarter of the last
century would view their filmic immortality (so to speak) – what if,
for example, some essence, something of their very soul had been
trapped along with their image on the film? And they still had
awareness, trapped in those reels of celluloid. As we look in on them,
they look out on us.

Now that's Guignol

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 > A further thought on the question of "THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI".
 > When I last watched the film it occurred to me that each of the actors
 > appearing in it were long dead. I was in fact watching a number of
 > ghosts enmeshed in celluloid. While they each played their part in a
 > plot, which raised complex questions about identity etc, I couldn't
 > help considering how these shades from the first quarter of the last
 > century would view their filmic immortality (so to speak) ? what if,
 > for example, some essence, something of their very soul had been
 > trapped along with their image on the film? And they still had
 > awareness, trapped in those reels of celluloid. As we look in on them,
 > they look out on us.
 >
 > Now that's Guignol

That is the marvellous thing about art. The ghosts of these artists
live on to haunt us. They are indeed speaking to us from the past.

Gary W. Crawford
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