Caligari’s Cure(1982) by Tom Palazzolo
Thursday, April 28, 1983, 8:00 pm
Tom Palazzolo
Caligari’s Cure
The filmmaker will be present.
1982, 70 min. Palazzolo’s early films combined documentary with experimental/expressionistic techniques to focus on the grotesque or humorous, particularly in bizarre cultural phenomena. Caligari’s Cure is his first fictional narrative.
“Loosely structured as an autobiographical remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the film is a comic fantasy that presents the filmmaker’s memories of childhood, Catholic school, and his arrival at the Art Institute of Chicago as reenacted by a cast of performance artists and friends in wildly colored, distorted sets and costumes. Palazzolo’s style is playful, incorporating a wide range of influences from cinema, art history and contemporary American art. –C. Angell.
Palazzolo is currently teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago.