In the two movies, the following is what they have in common:
1.Both of the main characters in each movie are well educated men, who hold a professional role in society that people admire.
2. The scenery for both films are in places that are for entertainment, where people go for the irrational. Something that society is against as a whole but it is so different or interesting that you can help but get into it.
3.They both are looking for something that is unusual, it's comparing rational to irrational behavior in society. They want to see how people react to their findings and will it give them the result they want during their research.For example Dr. Caligari wanted to use a mental patient to see if he could control him under a spell to do thing that shouldn't be done in society, also behavior that was sought out as bad in society.While Rath wanted to visit lola to see what she did in her atmosphere that made people so interested in her style, he wanted to be there .
All of these symbols from these two movies represent expressionism due to the fact that they are looking outside of the box. In both movies the characters are looking for someone and something that is irrational. They want to explore these finding so that they can breakdown what it means and why it came about.
When these characters do work through expressionism its to make u explore your thoughts and what is the goal of the creator
Yes indeed they were all looking outside the box but this behavior was more pronounced on prof Roth by being more intrigued by Lola's beauty and enchanting way of seducing men leading to his frequent visits to the pub. Unlike Dr. Caligari who was more obsessed by the nature of the human mind.
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