THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI / Restored Blu-ray release from Masters Of Cinema coming 29th September.
June 4, 2014 /
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Eureka! Entertainment have announced the release of the definitive 2014 restoration of the first true horror film, the 1920 silent masterpiece that is DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI. The film will be released theatrically on 29 August 2014 and will open at the BFI Southbank and other selected cinemas nationwide, and will feature as part of Scalarama’s core programme throughout September http://scalarama.com/. This will be followed bya Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition as part of Eureka’s award-winning the Masters of Cinema Series on 29 September 2014.
One of the most iconic masterpieces in cinema history, Robert Wiene’s Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari shook filmgoers worldwide and changed the direction of the art form. Now presented in a definitive restoration, the film’s chilling, radically expressionist vision is set to grip viewers again.
At a local carnival in a small German town, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can purportedly predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to enact his evil bidding…
Incalculably influential, the film’s nightmarishly jagged sets, sinister atmospheric and psychological emphasis left an immediate impact in its wake (horror, film noir, and gothic cinema would all be shaped directly by it). But this diabolical tale nevertheless stands alone – now more mesmerising than ever.
Masters of Cinema 2014 Theatrical Teaser Trailer http://youtu.be/hSzvBw7Dh5I
