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Post by ape on Oct 2, 2006 7:58:57 GMT -5
someone mentioned metropolis already, but i shall mention it again. it is good.
i also recall seeing one from a german filmmaker made around world war 2...it was pro-nazi...but that aside, it was really well made. good edits, good overall look to the shots, good lighting. it was just grand. too bad i don't remember the title of it or the creator....but it was amazing.
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Post by REDUNBECK~! on Oct 2, 2006 8:28:17 GMT -5
someone mentioned metropolis already, but i shall mention it again. it is good. i also recall seeing one from a german filmmaker made around world war 2...it was pro-nazi...but that aside, it was really well made. good edits, good overall look to the shots, good lighting. it was just grand. too bad i don't remember the title of it or the creator....but it was amazing. I'm not sure that silents were still being produced as much around WW2. Perhaps you're thinking of Leni Riefenstahl's The Triumph of the Will, which is great but not silent?
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Post by bigmackdaddy on Oct 2, 2006 8:50:44 GMT -5
Nosferatu.
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Post by amsiraK on Oct 2, 2006 8:56:09 GMT -5
Nosferatu and Phantom of the Opera (both originals, the remakes of each sucked) are two of my favorite movies, need I say more Yes and yes. Love the silent films. Add The Hunchback of Notre Dame to my list. And it's a DAMN shame that we don't have London After Midnight. Just the still shots are enough to make anyone want to see it.
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Post by gsguy on Oct 2, 2006 9:31:35 GMT -5
To the people who said Charlie Chapman (waves finger) shame shame shame.
I'm also a big fan on silent films with CHAPLIN being my favorite.
When it comes to films, these are my favorites: Intolerence (best silent film ever) Passion of Joan of Arc (next best) The Gold Rush Any Edison film, especially Uncle Tom's Cabin (1907) Rip Van Winkle with 19th century star Joesph Jefferson
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Post by Jiren on Oct 2, 2006 9:35:12 GMT -5
I loved "Gold Rush"
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Post by The Happnin' Mojo on Oct 2, 2006 13:27:45 GMT -5
I like silent Chaplin movies from the great (City Lights, yes I consider it silent) to the sweet (The Kid) but in my opinion his best work is either the Great Dictator or Monsieur Verdoux......
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Post by gsguy on Oct 2, 2006 13:32:47 GMT -5
I like silent Chaplin movies from the great (City Lights, yes I consider it silent) to the sweet (The Kid) but in my opinion his best work is either the Great Dictator or Monsieur Verdoux...... I agree with you on Great Dictator. I think it's better then most of his silents. I've had Mosieur Verdoux for two years and I still have yet to watch it. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by teknoteam2000 on Oct 2, 2006 15:04:14 GMT -5
Charlie CHAPLIN, people. CHAPLIN. Anyway, I love the silents too. The best I've ever seen is far and away The Passion of Joan of Arc. The acting is so amazing, especially the lead actress, Renee Falconetti. Her body language says so much. For lighthearted stuff the aforementioned Chaplin and Buster Keaton are always good, though it seems guys like Fatty Arbuckle and W.C. Fields don't always get the attention they deserve. They made some really fantastic silent comedies as well. I suppose Chaplin and Keaton are more readily accessible (Fields DVDs don't seem to pop up very often, and I'm not sure that Fatty is on DVD at all. Which is a shame.) Fields was a great comic genius especially since he wrote a lot of his own stuff. There's a few dvds of Fields out. One is a box set with The Bank Dick, My Little Chickadee, It's A Gift and You Can't Cheat an Honest Man. There is also a criterion dvd of shorts he did that has The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Dentist, the Golf Specialist, The Pharmicist, The Barber Shop and Pool Sharks.
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Post by ape on Oct 2, 2006 15:07:20 GMT -5
someone mentioned metropolis already, but i shall mention it again. it is good. i also recall seeing one from a german filmmaker made around world war 2...it was pro-nazi...but that aside, it was really well made. good edits, good overall look to the shots, good lighting. it was just grand. too bad i don't remember the title of it or the creator....but it was amazing. I'm not sure that silents were still being produced as much around WW2. Perhaps you're thinking of Leni Riefenstahl's The Triumph of the Will, which is great but not silent? it could be....but i'm not sure. i'd have to see it again. i saw it in a film class.....i was almost positive it was a silent movie, but i could be wrong....i often am.
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Post by 8.2.11/SAVIOR_NEZ on Oct 2, 2006 16:50:52 GMT -5
Charlie Chapman is the man! Also some 3 Stooges stuff were silent and hilarious. I don't believe The Three Stooges ever did any silent films. The first film they ever appeared in was "Soup to Nuts" in 1930 (back when straightman Ted Healy was part of the act), and it was a very early "talkie".
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Post by nisi on Oct 2, 2006 17:05:01 GMT -5
I am making my way through this 10 DVD set, very good stuff, that Charlie Chaplin:
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Post by Kash Flagg on Oct 2, 2006 17:05:12 GMT -5
When one of these threads show up I always list my favorite Chaney film...the Unholy Three.
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Post by teknoteam2000 on Oct 2, 2006 18:36:41 GMT -5
When one of these threads show up I always list my favorite Chaney film...the Unholy Three. Ever see He Who Gets Slapped?
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Oct 2, 2006 18:52:13 GMT -5
There's 2 and half hours worth of Buster Keaton films on tonight on Sky cinema 1 starting at 0330 in the morning here in england.
Just thought I'd let everyone know.
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Post by gsguy on Oct 2, 2006 18:56:45 GMT -5
Charlie Chapman is the man! Also some 3 Stooges stuff were silent and hilarious. I don't believe The Three Stooges ever did any silent films. The first film they ever appeared in was "Soup to Nuts" in 1930 (back when straightman Ted Healy was part of the act), and it was a very early "talkie". Actually, Shemp was in a silent film as a kid. Moe was in two silents as a kid as well.
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Post by lovingway on Oct 3, 2006 3:56:37 GMT -5
Love silents. No mention of Laurel and Hardy or Keystone Cops (or is it Kops?) who did silents
My fave CHAPLIN movie is Great Dictator too, just a classic
I am real surprised nobody has mentioned DW Griffith. I actually saw Birth of a Nation a few years back was in shock at how someone could actually do a movie like that (think Indians and Cowboys with black and whites). Not a great movie, but fascinating to watch someone kill his career
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Post by Scott on Oct 3, 2006 4:44:21 GMT -5
I am real surprised nobody has mentioned DW Griffith. I actually saw Birth of a Nation a few years back was in shock at how someone could actually do a movie like that (think Indians and Cowboys with black and whites). Not a great movie, but fascinating to watch someone kill his career I was just about to mention that one. Speaking of Chaplin, I have to say that "Modern Times" was my favorite.
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Post by REDUNBECK~! on Oct 3, 2006 5:54:53 GMT -5
I am real surprised nobody has mentioned DW Griffith. I actually saw Birth of a Nation a few years back was in shock at how someone could actually do a movie like that (think Indians and Cowboys with black and whites). Not a great movie, but fascinating to watch someone kill his career Kill his career? The movie itself is about racism, yes. Griffith himself was not necessarily racist, if that's what you mean. This note in the opening credits: "A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE: We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceeded to the art of the written word - that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare." would seem to suggest he intended to show how wrong racism was. And it certainly didn't kill his career. He made nearly forty more films after Birth of a Nation, including the legendary Intolerance.
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Post by teknoteam2000 on Oct 3, 2006 7:08:47 GMT -5
I am real surprised nobody has mentioned DW Griffith. I actually saw Birth of a Nation a few years back was in shock at how someone could actually do a movie like that (think Indians and Cowboys with black and whites). Not a great movie, but fascinating to watch someone kill his career Kill his career? The movie itself is about racism, yes. Griffith himself was not necessarily racist, if that's what you mean. This note in the opening credits: "A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE: We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceeded to the art of the written word - that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare." would seem to suggest he intended to show how wrong racism was. And it certainly didn't kill his career. He made nearly forty more films after Birth of a Nation, including the legendary Intolerance. Actually that inter title was not added until after its original 1915 run. There are a few things to note about the film 1. Griffith's father was an officer in the confederate army 2. The film had numerous scenes cut out of it including Gus not only being lynched but also...let's just say he'd be singing soprano if he was alive after 3. The movie was adapted from a novel called The Clansman which was the title of the movie until the author praised it so much that it should have a new title 4. It helped the Klan become reformed just to name a few things. Strangely though Griffith was once quoted as saying"I love the black people, they are my children" when he was surprised about the controversy of the film.
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