La Cinémathèque

German expressionism explode in Berlin during the 1920’s. In the late 1910’s, during the First World War, german government  banned international films so the people became more interested in films made in their own country and the production increased. And so did the international audience after the war and german cinema became an important part of the international film industry and the expressionism movement began to influence other directors abroad such as Alfred Hitchcock. Characterized by the lack of big budgets, black and white, unrealistic sets with inconsistent proportions and geometric figures. Human insanity and dark emotions predominate in the plots. It leaded to film noir and horror cinema.

Some of the iconic first films of the movement: The Student of Prague (1913), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920), Nosferatu (1922), Phantom (1922), Schatten (1923).

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Until the fifth they were just fine. The remake was ok but without Robert Englund, that was not Freddy Krueger anymore. I didn’t like the makeup, it wasn’t gross enough, plus CGI was involved and well, it’s ok, but i’m old fashioned in that matter.

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Bela Lugosi

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1.- Shot of the rotating-head dummy. It is on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City with other make-up exhibits.

2.- Full body shot of the dummy.

3.- The throat inflation effect was done with a balloon under an appliance.

4.- Applying the vomit device on Eilleen Dietz, the double for Linda Blair

5.- The vomit device being hidden by an appliance.

Make-up artist Dick Smith.

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Makeup tests for Linda Blair, 12 years old, by the makeup artist Dick Smith. The last pictures is the actual makeup used for the movie.

 The Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin. 

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