By reviewing the three films that we have watched for the past few days, I can agree with Kracauer's thesis statement that says that "films produced in the pre-nazi period up to 1933 reveal a desire for an authoritarian leader". Let's start by pointing out that all three films The Blue Angel, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and M are all based on the darkness, fear, chaos, and mystery that used to surround the cities of Germany. The Blue Angel is a film that was dealing more with violence and romance, when in the film M it was more suspense, murder, and horror. When it comes to Dr. Caligari, in the film Cesare is being forced basically to kill because he has no will of his own; Beckert kills because he cannot control himself, it's something inside of him that makes him do those things, which afterwards he does not remembers anything. Rath is also consumed, but with love for Lola, a women that after him giving up on everything betrayed him by kissing another man in front of him. In contrast, Beckert's sexual perversion makes him a danger to any young child. We can see that all three films deals with mental issues, Caligari and Rath are both placed in strait jackets during a part of each film, and Beckert has a history of mental instability. In all three movies we can see that the director was trying to give the audience a sense of suspense by entering into some hidden world or window, which makes the film more interesting. The films have a darkness and horrors that became popular and brought a large demand for similar stories. Up to this day films like these three are still very popular, audiences like those kind of movies based on serial killers and horror, I personally like those type of movies.
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