Another talented chip off the German Expressionist block, F. W. Murnau had a penchant for horror. With "Nosferatu" (1922) he brought the first of countless Count Dracula stories to cinematic light. Murnau made his Dracula as hideous, doomed, and gloomy as later incarnations are suave, elegant, and ta

Classic hollywood, Dark, Death, Elegant, Erotic, German expressionist film, Grotesque, Primal

If Walter Ruttman had not been killed while making a newsreel on the frontlines of World War II, the history of film might have turned out differently. He made breathtakingly beautiful movies -- both animated and shot --that radically departed from the traditional narratives of contemporaries like Ch

Collage, Dense, German expressionist film, Perceptual, Pioneering, Rhythmic, Sophisticated

Epic, Excessive, German expressionist film, Grand, Monumental, Power

I am a contemporary curator and artist, owner of The Eclipse Gallery, and blogger at www.visualinfluenceblog.com. My personal work consists of textile, found object, and mixed media. I also write a limited-edition zine, The Wandering Uterus, that includes my artwork and writing. Other interes

German expressionist film