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 Member 7593 Level 6.75 May 2006 
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Silent film is an awesome genre of cinema-- neat idea, greatguy.
With such diverse styles ranging from the fascinatingly bizarre (Fritz Lang), the spooky and gloomy (FW Murnau), and the often hilarious (Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton -my fav!), it can become so engrossing. There's a lot out there, but thankfully, as knkwzrd astutely mentioned, many are so old their copyrights have fallen into the public domain yeeeeaaahhs woowoo! which is so damn awesome I could just shoot my neighbor and eat a cupcake in the name of Odin in front of Thoth naked in a giant bubble in a Price Chopper parking lot.... for you.. greatguy, you seem to be onto the more dark sci-fiey side right now. I am still getting into the whole silent film genre myself, and I'm no scholar, but my strongest recommendation would be F.W. Murnau's "Nosteratu, a Symphony of Horror" - especially if you enjoyed the ghastly sets of Dr. Caligari. It's basically "an unathorized production" based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. An interesting fact: the production crew has to deal with some pretty abnormal occurrences during filming (some of the crew disappeared, some allegedly died). I might also suggest Murnau's "Sunrise", which like knkwzrd's recommendation, is supposedly considered to be one of those most important films in cinema history. I am not at all sure if these are up your alley (and I fear a plate of nachos so mephitic as to be discharging their own purulent matter, should they not live up). That aside, I must blabber about the coolness factor of silent comedy, the kingdom of Buster Keaton (and I suppose Chaplin as well). Known for some pretty extraordinary stunts for the time (decades before Jackie Chan, Buster Keaton was famous for his often perilous physical comedy and dangerous stunts). Check out the following short film; this one contains the infamous wall-falling scene, where Buster is saved from certain doom by a well-placed window: http://www.archive.org/details/OneWeek Something a bit longer for ya? Check out Buster's Sherlock Jr. For more silent movies of public-domainy-goodness, check out this collection: http://stage6.divx.com/The-Last-Stop/videos/ Most amazing jew boots
Last edited by Papa Haydn; Aug 11, 2007 at 05:05 AM.
Reason: spelling, lol "Dracular"
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