The emperor jones the cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The locker of Dr. Caligari (1919) is a classic illustration of expressionist technique in video. The film production is about the disturbed Dr. Caligari. The stark distorted set, as a projection of his insane views, askew angles of vision and hypnotic acting enhances the enactment of madness in this film.The Emperor Jones, a childs hightail it by Eugene ONeill, tells the saga of an African American man who sets himself up as emperor in a Caribbean Island.The film has been cited as an influence on several artistic expressions, including films, medical specialty and, among others, theatrical plays. ONeill express in a letter mean for a new latitude in screen expression. I precept Caligari and it sure opened my eyes to wonderful possibilities I had never ideate of before. The main difference in the expression techniques used is, by their own nature, the presence of dialogues. Caligari was a silent film while the play is based on strong and powerful dialogue and interplay betwee n characters, which a lot seem to be an extension of Joness inner demons.In this play there are three major aspects that ONeill seems to have picked from the film. The natural tribulations of The Emperor are offered on stage where Joness expressionism is restricted to the scenes with Jones altogether in them. The second aspect was the significance of setting design as a personal manner to generate meaning in the theatre. Visuals in a play could be as important as dialogue. And the third way in which Caligari seems to influence ONeill is through the lighting effects in the film.