"Corpse Bride" and German Expressionism Movement, Film Analysis
About the Movie “Corpse Bride” is stop motion animated romance drama directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson that came out in the year 2005. The film has been labelled as a horror film and has subgenres such as comedy and musical. The story of the film centres around Victor Van Dort, a shy groom that practices his wedding vows in the forest and accidentally forms a bond of marriage with a deceased young woman, Emily. She is raised from the dead thinking that she has met her significant other. Throughout the film, there are concepts and techniques that stem from the German Expressionism art movement. Films of this nature began in Germany and was prominent between the year 1919 and 1926. This art movement was influenced by the Expressionist movement of modern art in the early 1900s. These films had recurring themes involving revolt, self-analysis, madness, and primitive sexual savagery. The content of these films included industrialisation, war, the search for truth, the viewpoi
