The 3rd Silent Film Festival in Thailand (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์เงียบ ประเทศไทย ครั้งที่ 3) opens in Bangkok later this month. Both of the previous festivals featured gala screenings of classic silent films — The Lodger at the 1st Silent Film Festival in 2014, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) at last year’s festival) — and this year’s event opens with F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu.
Like Caligari, Nosferatu is a masterpiece of horror and German Expressionism. It contains some of the most iconic images in silent cinema, especially the sequence in which the vampire, seen only as a shadow, climbs the stairs and extends his talons to clutch his victim’s heart.
The Silent Film Festival begins on 16th June with Nosferatu at the Scala cinema. Eight other films will be shown at the smaller Lido cinema. This year, every film will have live musical accompaniment, and the festival will close on 22nd June.
Like Caligari, Nosferatu is a masterpiece of horror and German Expressionism. It contains some of the most iconic images in silent cinema, especially the sequence in which the vampire, seen only as a shadow, climbs the stairs and extends his talons to clutch his victim’s heart.
The Silent Film Festival begins on 16th June with Nosferatu at the Scala cinema. Eight other films will be shown at the smaller Lido cinema. This year, every film will have live musical accompaniment, and the festival will close on 22nd June.
