Before filming started, Francis Ford Coppola ran regular screenings of old films during the evenings to familiarize the cast and in particular, the crew with his visual concept for the film. Most notably, Coppola showed I dannati (1951), the inspiration for the film's smoky look, L'ultima risata (1924) to show Matt Dillon how silent actor Emil Jannings used body language to convey emotions, and Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari (1920), which became the film's "stylistic prototype". Coppola's extensive use of shadows, oblique angles, exaggerated compositions, and an abundance of smoke and fog are all hallmarks of these German Expressionist films. Koyaanisqatsi (1982), shot mainly in time-lapse photography, motivated Coppola to use this technique to animate the sky in his own film.

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