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Unspooled

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy get hypnotized by 1920's German silent horror film The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari! They learn about the history of German Expressionism, discuss the relative importance of realism and stylization in film, and watch a trailer for a bizarre 80's remake. Plus: Who are Paul & Amy's favorite Garbage Pail Kids? Next week Unspooled’s Scaretober series continues with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]!

Transcript

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0:00.0

The year is 1920, and herons buzzard!

0:03.6

Cezard, this amnambulous, we'll see you now.

0:06.1

The movie? The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

0:09.1

Hello everyone and welcome to Unschooled.

0:33.2

I'm Amy Nicholson.

0:34.4

And I'm Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where we are endeavoring to find the 100 greatest

0:38.8

films ever made.

0:39.8

And when we do, we're going to blast those films up into space.

0:44.6

Why?

0:45.6

Because we can.

0:46.6

Because they can do it.

0:49.3

We can do it.

0:50.3

All right?

0:51.3

We're not even going up there, but I'm a bald man just like Bezos and I want things in

0:56.2

space.

0:57.2

Me, movies, what else Amy?

0:59.5

Do you want to go to space?

1:00.5

Hell yeah, I want to go to space.

1:01.9

I'd go to space today.

1:02.9

I'd go to space stress like I am right now.

1:04.7

I'd go to space barefoot.

1:06.6

Well, this is the second week in our revisitation of the horror genre.

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