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Anything gentler or more sinuous may have a harder time. A multipart installation by Betty Woodman, the ceramic artist whose work is full of liquid lines, looks like somebody dropped a Matisse into The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. And Libeskind's plunging vectors will never be the ideal resting place for Vermeer or Monet--which might explain why the Denver museum will continue to house most of its older art in the more conventional galleries of the Ponti building. Daniel Kohl, the museum's installation designer, has taken on the job of mediating between Libeskind's building...
FILM | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari...
Boston’s Devil Music Ensemble will provide a live performance of their original score to accompany this influential German Expressionist horror film. The silent classic is known for its shocking visual style, recounting the tale of the mad Dr. Caligari, whose carnival sideshow features a somnambulist with vivid visions of the future. The story takes on a darker tone when a series of murders is found to coincide with the prophet’s predictions. Featuring a variety of instruments including lap steel guitar, vibraphone, and percussion, The Devil Music Ensemble has toured around the country with their...
Everything about the production design hints that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari does not seek the audience to make any deep emotional investment in the story or its characters. Instead, the production jars the theatergoer into a peculiar world, encouraging reflection on the many layers of theater and the violent and lewd tendencies of society...
...tradition of the Grand Guignol, because the production never explains why it bothers to resurrect these influences. There is some thing to be said for paying attention to pieces of theatrical history that many historians would like to sweep under the rug, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari exhibits postmodern tendencies by creating a Guignol play-within-a-play. But while the production has its own modernized aesthetic, it remains essentially a fragment of the past. Even with all its technical wizardry, this production doesn't add nearly enough contemporary insight to offer anything more than a colorful and inexplicable...