Silent Movies

I haven't really seen many silent films myself either and thus don't really consider myself anywhere near a connoisseur of the genre. However, I did really enjoy Nosferatu. Very few films have ever actually sent chills down my spine and Nosferatu is one of the few not because it's shock-and-awe horrific, but because its atmosphere is just so surreal due to the aging of the film.

I've also seen The Great Dictator and it was pretty much as good as a film can get without sound. I've been wanting to watch Metropolis for the longest time, but just like everything else in my life, I never get around to it. :/

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

I'm amazed every time someone tells me they don't know who Buster Keaton is. I grew up watching The General, The Navigator, and Three Ages.

I used to date this girl who often tried to take me to a little theater that screened silent films in a town 30 miles away. I never really gave it much thought and thus I never went with her, but those titles I remember clearly as being in constant rotation. Perhaps the dumb bitch was onto something.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sal

Umm.... The Great Dictator was a Chaplin's first talkie film.

You know, I could have sworn it didn't have any sound. Or maybe I'm thinking a different film, but I'm almost positive I'm talking about The Great Dictator.

There's nowhere I can't reach.