This week, Good Story handles the tough questions: Has Julie been replaced by a robot? Why does Scott see dead people? Will the audience stay tuned all the way to the big closing number? In Episode 278, Silent Film Month continues with Metropolis (1927) and The Phantom Carriage (1921).
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Oh my gosh, you are going to be sorry you asked for recommendations--
ReplyDeleteThis year is the 100th anniversary of the release of Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau's classic take on Dracula. The other Murnau film I really like is Faust. The guy who plays the demon Mephistopheles is really good. Both films use the Expressionist style heavily. Der Golem is another classic in expressionism--in medieval Prague, the emperor starts oppressing the Jews, so a rabbi with occult leanings creates a Golem to take care of things.
Pretty much any Buster Keaton film is good. Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and The Gold Rush are excellent.
If you want swashbuckling action, either The Black Pirate or The Thief of Baghdad by Douglas Fairbanks are top notch.
Battleship Potemkin is another classic, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It's got Soviet propaganda overtones to it but I don't think Eisenstein had a choice about that. His visual style is very good.
The Passion of Joan of Arc is worth watching. It's about her trial at the end of her life. Falconetti's performance as Joan is great.
Cecil B. DeMille's silent version of King of Kings is well done.
I hope that's not too many!
Those are going on my list! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAlso you did a great review of Metropolis. I can't believe we didn't see that point about how good it is for both sides to find common ground rather than one side conquering the other.