Directors

Tod Browning

"Freaks" & "Dracula"

Links:

• The Films of Tod Browning
• They Shoot Pictures Don't They? [Bio / Commentaries]
• Excerpts from the Joan Hawkins Essay on 'Freaks'

Fritz Lang

"Metropolis" / "Dr. Mabuse" / "M"

Links:

• Lang Biography from BFI
• German Expressionism & Metropolis
• German Expressionism in Film
• Chicago Reader on Metropolis
• Chicago Reader on M
• Critical Commentary Links on Lang
• Analysis of M

Orson Welles

"Citizen Kane" / "Magnificent Ambersons " / "Touch of Evil"

Links:

• Citizen Kane from Greatest Films
• Kane Reaction from Cinescene
• Kane & Literary Criticism
• Deep Focus & Magnificent Ambersons
• Ambersons FAQ
• Ambersons: Deep Focus & Psychology
• Magnificent Ambersons from Greatest Films
• Ebert on Touch of Evil
• Village Voice on Touch of Evil

Federico Fellini

"I'm a Born Liar" / "La Strada " / "La Dolce Vital" / "8 1/2"

Links:

• Magic
• Neo-Realism
• Introduction to Neo-Realism
• Quick Summaries of Fellini Films
• Sences of Cinema: Fellini's Structure
• Archetypes & Images
• From Post-war to Post-modern
• La Dolce Vita: Fellini's Roman Circus
• Ebert on La Dolce Vita