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The Running Man stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is set in a fictional, futuristic (2017) United States that has suffered a complete economic collapse, and is now ruled by a totalitarian government that controls, manipulates and censors all forms of art and entertainment in order to control the population. One of the governments’ propaganda TV shows is called “The Running Man”, where convicted criminals can be freed by “winning" a lethal competition, where they are thrown into an obstacle cours...

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a cinematic masterpiece that stands alone at the very pinnacle of filmmaking. The fact that it’s a silent film, with no dialogue or music to enhance or support the story in any way, makes the achievement even greater. The story is a flashback as told by Franzis (played by Friedrich Feger), who is sitting in a park, next to an older man. Franzis recalls his nightmarish encounter with Dr. Caligari (played by Werner Krauss) and Cesare (played by Conrad Veidt), a youn...