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likebeerwithag t1_iui8iqv wrote

Images of this movie were the nightmare fuel of my youth but when i got older I sat down to watch the movie (at home) and just found it silly. But last week I saw a showing at a movie theatre with a big crowd and a live organist. The organist spoke a little but about the film (including German Expressionism and the original use of color washes on the print to denote nighttime and daytime). Needless to say it was a much better experience. The crowd joked around at first but by the end you could hear a pin drop. It's so atmospheric and just creepy as hell. Side note that the organist got a standing ovation after playing non-stop for 90 minutes

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