Production
The movie was filmed entirely inside of large studios in a bizarre landscape combination of both artificial outdoor and indoor scenes merged. Windows and doors hang in mid-air against all black backgrounds. and vegetation grows inside of rooms. Much of this is done to give the audience an insight into the disturbed minds of both Dr. Caligari (Madeleine Reynall) and her patients. The overdramatic, stylistic acting is amusing and pokes fun at cliches and stereotypes and thus it has the film play out as an artistic performance piece rather than a standard film.
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