The "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is superb, but there has yet to be a good restoration, IMO.

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In Reply to: Along with "Vampyr," and the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" it completes a great posted by tinear on July 26, 2007 at 05:09:41:

The KINO seems best, but the over-saturated tinting weakens the presentation considerably in my estimation. The earlier Image release is better overall, it's noirish effects working quite well without the extreme tinting, but in spite of better preservation of the Russian archive's film elements from which this version was derived the DVD suffers from poor frame synchronization resulting in jitter and improper alignment.

I don't know about a trilogy but there are other great European silents with supernatural elements, such as Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse and F.W. Murnau's Faust that are every bit the equal of Vampyr, Caligari and Nosferatu. I'm also inclined to add Paul Leni's Waxworks with it's macabre segments that are like O'Henry channeled through Poe.

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Topic - Nosferatu 1922 - Eldragon 20:18:39 07/25/07 (7)

The ultimate Dracula film IMO has yet to be made.... - TWB 17:53:15 07/27/07 (1)

Loved Langella's Dracula - Eldragon 18:21:33 07/28/07 (0)

Along with "Vampyr," and the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" it completes a great - tinear 05:09:41 07/26/07 (1)

The "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is superb, but there has yet to be a good restoration, IMO. - Audiophilander 13:08:08 07/26/07 (0)

RE: Nosferatu 1922 - patrickU 03:20:52 07/26/07 (0)

and I thought Rocky 7 was too many sequels!! nt - dave c 23:12:32 07/25/07 (1)

RE: the original is great; so is the Klaus Kinski/Isabelle Adjani remake - grinagog 23:19:39 07/25/07 (0)

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The "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is superb, but there has yet to be a good restoration, IMO. - Audiophilander 13:08:08 07/26/07 (0)

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