Abstract The article looks at German Expressionist cinema through the eyes of contemporary, non-commercial filmmakers, to attempt to discover what aspects of this 1920s approach may guide filmmakers today. By drawing parallels between the outsider nature of Weimar artist-driven approaches to collaborative filmmaking and twenty-first-century non-mainstream independent filmmaking outside of major motion picture producing centres, the writers have attempted to find ways to strengthen their own filmmaking practices as well as to investigate methods of re-invigorating other independent or national cinemas. Putting their academic observations of the thematic, technical, and aesthetic aspects of Expressionist cinema into practice, Ells and Saul illustrate and discuss the uses, strengths, and pitfalls, within the realm of low-budget art cinema today.

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阴影照亮。从当代电影实践的角度理解德国表现主义电影

摘要本文通过当代，非商业性电影制片人的眼光审视了德国表现主义电影院，试图发现这种1920年代创作方法可以指导当今的电影制片人。通过在魏玛艺术家驱动的协作电影制作方法的外部性与主要电影制作中心之外的二十一世纪非主流独立电影制作之间的相似之处，作者试图找到方法来增强自己的电影制作实践研究重新振兴其他独立或国家电影院的方法。Ells和Saul将他们对表现主义电影主题，技术和美学方面的学术观察付诸实践，在当今低预算的艺术电影领域中阐释并讨论了其用途，优势和陷阱。