“…The film was the result of a 30-month investigation by Errol Morris. With its use of expressionistic reenactments, interview material and music, this documentary pioneered a new kind of non-fiction filmmaking.…”

“…The film was the result of a 30-month investigation by Errol Morris. With its use of expressionistic reenactments, interview material and music, this documentary pioneered a new kind of non-fiction filmmaking.…”

“…Duration: 01:27:00 Director Walter Ruttman, an experimental filmmaker, approached cinema in similar ways to his Russian contemporary Dziga Vertoz, mixing documentary, abstract, and expressionist modes for a nonnarrative style that captured the life of his countrymen. …”

“…American parody supplied Douglas Fairbanks with enough unusual material to produce the truly surreal When the Clouds Roll By (1919). The expressionistic Cabinet of Dr. Calagari (1919) influenced American sensibilities throughout the 1920s as seen in Beggar of Horseback (1925), The Life and Death of 9413-A Hollywood Extra (1927) and The Telltale Heart (1928). …”