The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die.
I was not scared by the film, although it is the first thriller in the world. In the past, films lacked voice so that directors could only express information by image and actors’ performance. In Caligari, it seemed that people were walking in a expressionism paint. In fact, it was a picture in the mind of a paranoid person. Amazing.