Termite Man
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I'd recommend watching the Fall of The House of Usher ( it's available on a link I gave around post 10) .
Silent Films
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I'd recommend watching the Fall of The House of Usher ( it's available on a link I gave around post 10) .
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Reno
The In Kraut
The are probably slightly less accessible than the films I've mentioned, mostly because they concentrate on art direction and cinematography over character. I've never been a fan of Metropolis, despite some stunning imagery its much too long for the trite message it delivers and Battleship Potempkin was hugely innovative in its editing, but is mostly of historical interest now. Nosferatu has the amazing looking Max Schreck and is a great example of German expressionism, but it also is an emotionally remote and a rather slow moving film. Maybe check out one of the films I've recommended. They all look beautiful but are primarily character driven and Pandora's Box and People on Sunday feature more naturalistic performances. I find Sunrise incredibly moving.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
This is just street scenes from 1906 San Francisco (Market St. pre-fire), but I thought it was interesting.
eoin_k
Lawyer's fees, beetroot and music
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I finally made it over to see The Artist. I thought it was worth seeing, but wasn't the big award worthy film its been made out to be. I think mostly it's gotten that talk because making a silent film (nearly silent) is a brave choice. But, overall the plot was lacking and bit slow in places.
It was well cast. The people really fit the parts well. I've never seen the leading man before, but I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crackers (although being French might be a dealbreaker.) He suited the part of the swashbuckling movie hero well and could carry off the darker stuff too. The female lead, "Peppy" was about as peppy as you could ask for. In fact, I got a bit tired of all the grinning after a while.
The supporting cast was stocked full of lead player playing bit parts and obviously enjoying it.
The use of sound was fairly interesting. It's not really a silent movie, its just used sound sparingly and in the right places.
A few bits in the movie were an homage to previous movies. There's a bit where the lead actor is having breakfast with his wife and they pan meaningfully to the grapefruit on the table, hinting that she was going to get it in the face ala Jimmy Cagney. The ending was a bit like the ending of any Ballywood movie you've ever seen.
And yes, The Dog stole the show.
It was well cast. The people really fit the parts well. I've never seen the leading man before, but I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating crackers (although being French might be a dealbreaker.) He suited the part of the swashbuckling movie hero well and could carry off the darker stuff too. The female lead, "Peppy" was about as peppy as you could ask for. In fact, I got a bit tired of all the grinning after a while.
The supporting cast was stocked full of lead player playing bit parts and obviously enjoying it.
The use of sound was fairly interesting. It's not really a silent movie, its just used sound sparingly and in the right places.
A few bits in the movie were an homage to previous movies. There's a bit where the lead actor is having breakfast with his wife and they pan meaningfully to the grapefruit on the table, hinting that she was going to get it in the face ala Jimmy Cagney. The ending was a bit like the ending of any Ballywood movie you've ever seen.
And yes, The Dog stole the show.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Russell Rouse's The Thief is on at 11am on Film 4 today. It's another oddity, filmed in the 50s, but without dialogue. It's a film noir, with Ray Milland.
spliff
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It comes with with English (sub) intertitles and has the Elena Kats-Chernin score.People on Sunday
Early docu-drama about how a group of young, lower-middle class friends spend a weekend in Weimar Berlin. The film used non-actors and cast them in a partly improvised story. In a break from German expressionist cinema the era is known for, its cinema verite style looks forward to Italian neorealism and the French New Wave. It still is a strikingly modern film, with jump cuts and hand held camera, that feels like going back 80 years in time and being there. The young film makers who made the film, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinneman and Edgar J. Ulmer and the Siodmak brothers, all were forced into emigration by Hitler and they all had notable careers in Hollywood.
It's a film that finds beauty in the little things of life and there is an added poignancy to this seemingly lighthearted film, knowing that soon these young people, full of hope and potential, would soon be deeply affected or ruined by the rise of Third Reich and WWII. There is a wonderful montage sequence that shows people of all ages enjoying themselves on a Sunday, without a care in the world, which now is deeply affecting when you know what was around the corner.
Try and find a version with a modern score by Elena Kats-Chernin, which adds to the film immeasurably.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Two silent short comedy about women misbehaving, in the first two women steal a fire truck and spray the hose over the firemen and the other is about a woman causing trouble simply by pulling faces. Genuinely funny silliness. Watch Tilly and the Fire Engines - BFI Player
Absolute genius:
Absolute genius:
Bicycle Thieves. Not exactly silent, but it is very quiet
