简介：InNerven,writer-director-producerRobertReinerttriedtocapturethe"nervousepidemic"causedbywarandmiserywhich"drivespeoplemad".Thisuniqueportraitofthelifein1919Germany,filmedonlocationinMunich,describesthecasesofdifferentpeoplefromalllevelsofsociety:FactoryownerRoloffwholooseshismindinviewofcatastrophiesandsocialdisturbances,teacherJohnwhoistheheroofthemassesandMarjawhoturnsintoaradicalrevolutionary.UsingdifferentfragmentstheMunichFilmMuseumcouldreconstructthisforgottenGermanclassicwhichisahistoricdocumentandanticipatesalreadyelementsoftheExpressionistcinemaofthe1920s. HavingamorecompleteversionofNervenavailableisawonderfulcontributiontoourunderstandingoffilmhistory.Thestandardversionwasknowntoveryfewstudentsofcinema,andthoughitwasimpressive,itwassomewhatincoherent.Wearestilllackingalotoffootage,butStefanDroesslerandhisteamhaveaddedwhattheycouldandarrangedthesequencesintoamoreintelligibleorder.Thequalityoftherestoration,moreover,makesthefilm'svisualstyleevenmorevividandunsettling. ReleasedshortlybeforeTheCabinetofDr.Caligari,NervenoughttohaveenteredtheExpressionistcanon.Itsthemesechothemovement'spost-Romanticattackoncapitalismandthemodernconceptionoftheanguishedsoul.ItsnarrativeplaysouttheimplicationsofsuchiconsofExpressionistartasconvulsivecrowdsandmen'shomicidalurgestowardwomen.Justasimportant,thefilm'spictorialdesignfindsanoriginalwaytoconveythetale'semotionaltenor,thesenseofnervousanxietystrungevertighter.Significantly,ReinertachievesauniquelookwithoutrecoursetothepaintedsetsofCaligari,butthroughauniqueuseofothercinematicresources. http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/196/nerven01jo3.jpg http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/3403/nerven04en0.jpg http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8886/nerven06ts0.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7650/nerven07rf9.jpg http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2677/nerven09nk7.jpg…