Comments on: That’s All, Volk! http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/ David Cairns' wilfully eccentric film blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Ottocracy « SHADOWPLAY http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/#comment-1816 Ottocracy « SHADOWPLAY Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:13:40 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-1816 [...] is it with Shadowplay and these unpleasant Viennese? First Fritz Lang (above) rampages through here (mentally, I picture him gallumphing in one of those party costumes where it’s supposed to [...] [...] is it with Shadowplay and these unpleasant Viennese? First Fritz Lang (above) rampages through here (mentally, I picture him gallumphing in one of those party costumes where it’s supposed to [...]

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/#comment-1261 dcairns Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:00:42 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-1261 That's true, especially the fake snake, which has eyes in the front of its head, unlike all lizards but just like the dragon in Siegfried! That’s true, especially the fake snake, which has eyes in the front of its head, unlike all lizards but just like the dragon in Siegfried!

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/#comment-1260 David Ehrenstein Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:21:10 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-1260 Yes. And there's a decidedly cartoonish quality to the sublime <I>Der Tiger von Eschnapur / Das Indische Grabmal</i> Yes. And there’s a decidedly cartoonish quality to the sublime Der Tiger von Eschnapur / Das Indische Grabmal

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/#comment-1258 dcairns Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:42:16 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-1258 And the hotel is inspired by the real Hotel Adlon, bugged by the nazis. Perhaps Lang's friendship with Peter the toy monkey (glimpsed in 1000 Eyes) also reflects his cartoon sensibilities? And the hotel is inspired by the real Hotel Adlon, bugged by the nazis.

Perhaps Lang’s friendship with Peter the toy monkey (glimpsed in 1000 Eyes) also reflects his cartoon sensibilities?

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tigger-of-eschnapur/#comment-1257 David Ehrenstein Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:08:15 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-1257 And then there's the great moment in <i>Die Tausen Augen des Dr. Mabuse</i> where Peter Van Eyck goes thorugh the mirror. Very Jean Cocteau, but with a difference. We're not in a dream world but a very real one -- a hotel where everyone is under observation through video cameras. And then there’s the great moment in Die Tausen Augen des Dr. Mabuse where Peter Van Eyck goes thorugh the mirror. Very Jean Cocteau, but with a difference. We’re not in a dream world but a very real one — a hotel where everyone is under observation through video cameras.

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