#dr caligari francis

[ganymedian]

die kleine Stadt wo ich geboren bin—

[sixty-silver-wishes]

I don’t watch the burger clown show is this what happens in it

[franken-loser]

Alan we both love her

I LOVE HOW HE GRABS HIS HAND GODDDDD

We'll leave the choice up to her

But whomever she chooses, we shall remain boyfriends...

They should've kissed here just saying

[skeetlebeetle]

hmm

edit: yes i’m now aware that worthi said he drew inspiration from cesare from dr caligari

[cesarescabinet]

Caligari's been on the brain lately, and since I keep seeing talks about remakes and theoretical recasting--I'm kind of curious to see if anybody on Tumblr has any ideas. For fun, here's some actors who I think could make for an interesting Cesare;

Tom Sturridge (Able to convey sad wet and pathetic with a dash of menace perfectly)

Dev Patel (Imo he conveys a level of kindness I think he could imbue into the role. Idk I'm just curious to see his take on it)

Lee Joon Gi (Could match the physicality needed. Could ALSO emotionally stomp my heart into the dirt at the tragedy of it all.)

Doug Jones (he NEEDS a second chance!!)

And it doesn't even have to be just casting--I'm very curious to see how people on here would approach the aesthetics or the story with a new lens!

[emilnikos]

this has probably been done before

[yes-im-a-simple-man]

Friedrich Fehér and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

[angelamontoo]

Abbott meets up with his good pal, Cesare for a game of ping pong

Who are they playing against?

[cesare-das-wunder]

Rumor has come out: Does Francis is gay?

[the-magnificent-moderator]

so alan and francis are getting a romance arc 😳😳😳 not yet in the ask blog but soon 😳😳😳😳

[bones-and-whatnot]

Maybe The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is my new favorite film ever of all time ever ever.

[definitelynotourdino]

Isn’t there anyone to tell me who I am?

[sixty-silver-wishes]

ok so like. in janowitz and meyer's original concepts for "caligari," they were going to have francis struggle with subconscious feelings of satisfaction at alan's death because he saw him as a competitor for jane's affection, right. and they scrapped that idea but IMAGINE THE IMPLICATIONS for the funeral scene. and I was talking about this with @trigonalidae but I gotta go Off because I'm going like. feral about it rn

there's no longer any competition. francis meets jane, who is accompanied by her father, at a ceremony in a location with religious connotations (see the crosses on the graves). she's standing beside him, wearing a veil. there are bells and flowers and crying. they must rely on each other now. if you ignore the fact that his best friend is dead, and her veil is black, and they're surrounded by gravestones instead of joyful guests, it's almost like a wedding. it's a horrible perversion of a wedding, but if you don't pay close attention to the differences, isn't this exactly what he wanted?

and then, to add insult to injury, there's what happens afterwards. the couple is supposed to spend their wedding night together and consummate the marriage. but instead, the "bride" is violently stolen away by another man, and is later furious with the "groom" when he doesn't believe her account of it. and as much as he wants to convince himself otherwise, she was never his bride, and he was never her groom. the likely "best man" is dead, or maybe never even existed in the first place.

[franken-loser]

Idk if anyone is as obsessed with these 3 as I am but they're just so cute to me☹️☹️

[felidrae]

Theory on Cesare’s redemption arc

Worthikids is a big fan of references & in Bigtop most notably it’s shown in the character Cesare.

If your unfamiliar he is based off the character Cesare, a hypnotized man who the Doctor (Dr. Caligari) claims to see the future, in “The Ballad of Dr. Caligari”. The silent horror film (made in Germany, 1920) is about two male friends Francis and Alen attending a Carnival where they encounter Dr. Caligari & his somnambulist Cesare. Alen asks the hypnosised man when he will die to which Cesare proclaims tomorrow, the next day Alen is found dead making Cesare the prime suspect & chaos ensues; It’s later revealed that Cesare doesn’t see the future but simply follows the orders of Dr.Caligari. The Zomburger Crew also have little Easter eggs regarding the film: Frances is Francis, Doctor is Alen(& his custome is a portray to Dr. Caligari) and Conrad is the name of Cesare’s actor Conrad Veidt.

Now you may ask, what does all this have to do with Cesare’s possible redemption? Interestingly enough if you look into the symbolism of the film it reveals hinted roots of Cesare’s character/story.

Cesare is arguably a solider, a nobody in a long line of nobody’s that’ll watch the World til the end of time & doesn’t question Upper Management as seen in “UP” (“I don’t control who they think is a menace”); When he is finished his position will be quickly replaced by someone else. His character arc, unlike his film counterpart, will be one where instead of mindlessly following orders he will revolt against his superiors.

However that now begs the question how will this happen?

Back to the Zomburger crew, their names having references to the film hints that they will also play a part in Cesare’s redemption arc. As I’ve stated before, Cesare has a hidden soft spot for the Zomburger crew, more so Doctor (Allen), though he denies it to even himself so there will be no strings attached & It’s already been shown that Doctor (Allen) is Cesare’s Morality Pet trope; unlike his film’s counterpart who is immediately killed off by film Cesare by the orders of Dr. Caligarli.

Cesare’s job is one where they watch over the Earth from “menaces” & presumably do not want them nor their mission to be known in the living public eye; now that 6 living humans know the existence of two SEPARATE entities as well as magic it’s not hard to consider that upper management wouldn’t be pleased keeping these loose ends alive. They are now menaces to the secrecy of the underground organization.

Prediction: Cesare will be ordered to cut off these loose ends himself or overhear someone else will do so; this will cause him to spiral into a moral crisis. He will realize he cannot follow/allow the order to go through & will most likely team up w/ Steve since his own crew will be in jeopardy also; freeing him from his cell.

This will correlate with how in the the film Cesare falls in love with Francis’s wife & is unable to follow through with his order to kill her- kidnapping her & running away until he’s too tired to run anymore.

[spongebob-connoisseur]

Did you know that the SB episode Slappy Daze isn't the first time The Cabinet of Dr Caligari gets referenced in Spongebob?

The first time is actually from the official Spongebob Squarepants comic #57 from 2016. The story is titled The Clarinet of Calamari. It is exactly what you expect it to be.

Basically it is the story of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari with Spongebob characters.

Patrick is Francis, Spongebob is both Alan and Jane. Squidward is Dr. Calamari, and Cesare is an actual walking clarinet with legs, though the actual Cesare does get a proper cameo (and Nosferatu too!)

It's a really wonderfully illustrated comic and I love it so so muchhhh <333 combining my two favorite things in the world, classic horror and spongebob. I highlyyyy recommend you check it out! <333

Here is the sketch of one if the panels done by Jay Lender <3