tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post3256665479845679490..comments2015-09-14T15:58:44.834-07:00Comments on Etiquette and the Victorian Gothic Aesthetic: The Impact of German Expressionism on the Gothic Aesthetic-An OpinionRaven Sextonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08377446319000178050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-32229337762659690342011-08-31T16:08:32.018-07:002011-08-31T16:08:32.018-07:00I love Nosferatu as well. I think those films heav...I love Nosferatu as well. I think those films heavily influenced cinema afterwards even as film makers consciously attempted to discard it around that same period with post-expressionism. Look at Garbo's early films, Joyless Street, for example. It bleeds into both German and Victorian. I think they made the dark beautiful, what they had to accomplish with shadow and light is really brilliant, and one reason I love watching black and white or sepia (ha) films now. Fritz Lang's M is another! Gorgeous! It's a sensibility that you can still see into the 60's films, but I agree that music has mainly taken it over and kept it alive. My only complaint is sometimes it is done a bit garishly for my taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3121241378474731852.post-2549119642402486052011-08-22T09:44:09.423-07:002011-08-22T09:44:09.423-07:00"there is something already innately supernat..."there is something already innately supernatural about listening to old<br />recordings and watching old films and sharing one's living space with the visages and<br />voices of those who have been dead for decades." I never thought of it like that before, but that is a nice way to think about it. I do love the feel of those old German silents, especially Nosferatu. Great article!surlyduff73https://www.blogger.com/profile/01998371358357509141noreply@blogger.com