dude and I saw the first 4 parts of Les Vampires yesterday and they were GREAT!! I think we wanna watch the rest.
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 7 February 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
just saw a newly restored 35mm print of Mantrap (1926, Victor Fleming) with Clara Bow laying waste to Minneapolis and the rural Canadian backwoods, along with the libidos of Ernest Torrence and Percy Marmont (who looks like a rougher middle-aged Bowie). A sex comedy adapted from a grim Sinclair Lewis novel!
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 March 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
L'Inhumaine (1924) Blu out, never before on disc... an "infamous, long-sought mega-splash of au courant cinematic futurism, and one of silent cinema's most notorious follies"
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_70/l_inhumaine_blu-ray.htm
http://criticsroundup.com/film/linhumaine/
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
it's a fascinating film, totally worth watching, though in a strong sense it's not really very... good.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
on Roscoe Arbuckle
http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/fatty-arbuckle/
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
seen any Lois Weber?
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/19/rare-classic-films-by-female-directors
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Well, whaddaya know?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfgiUvBaosg
― nickn, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
Roscoe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Duoo7z0kJM
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
^the concluding minutes feature some wild stuntfighting by Arbuckle
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Not sure I'd ever heard of this Clara Bow-Gary Cooper from '27:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/children-of-divorce
My curator friend's latest comedy series at MoMA, in January; gotta see the one that the lead photo's from:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/3630?locale=en
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
HELLO
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51xn1yV9z5L._SY445_.jpg
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
amazed Coop can hold his head up with that much mmakeup on
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 December 2016 22:25 (seven years ago) link
best of the year in silent video
http://moviessilently.com/2016/12/28/the-best-silent-movie-home-video-releases-of-2016/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
on MoMA's comedy shorts series
http://www.filmjournal.com/moma-showcases-cruel-and-unusual-slapstick-shorts-fifth-year-running
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
“Without the pioneering work of film preservationist David Shepard, who died this week, our understanding of silent cinema would be much poorer. Shepard not only sought out and restored silent films, but he was determined to release as many as possible on to home video, where they could be enjoyed by the widest audiences. He owned the formidable BlackHawk Films library and ran Film Preservation Associates, but also collaborated with imprints and festivals worldwide—as well as contributing Méliès clips to Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (2011). Among many other names, he preserved and shared films by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Cecil B. DeMille, Raoul Walsh, Fritz Lang, Abel Gance and D.W. Griffith.”
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/david-shepard-silent-film-hunter-sharer
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-shepard-dead-silent-film-preservation-giant-was-76-970975
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
was going through a stack of letters from a recently deceased buddy who used to send us lists. he mentioned a 5 star review for Maya Deren in a 1992 film guide (dont' know which) and i just watched meshes of the afternoon yesterday. not a expert on this stuff by any means, but it seemed to have a awful lot in common with some Bunuel which means it may be some of the best art of its kind. i dunno. just throwing this out there since search is broken and i was wondering if anyone (Dr M?) was into this stuff
― all the right notes of bitter, salty, sweet, and sour. (outdoor_miner), Monday, 6 February 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
i haven't seen much Maya Deren besides Meshes, i see mostly omnibus shows of avant-garde stuff now and then
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
there's a dvd that contains all of her released short films. meshes is great, at land is pretty good, everything else is minor.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 6 February 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
RIP Stuart Oderman, longtime accompanist at NYC MoMA and elsewhere
http://www.silentfilmmusicblog.com/2017/08/stuart-oderman-1940-2017-silent-film.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
The Vortex (Brunel, 1928): A coherent and competently made drama (I'm not familiar with the original play; I gather that it was somewhat watered down in the adaptation).
Canned Harmony (Guy, 1911): A rewatch to try to figure out if the phone call sequence is true split-screen (I don't think so, but it would help if I knew more than the basics of film composition and theory).
Algie the Miner (Guy, 1912): Question to anyone who is familiar with The Celluloid Closet: does it attempt to assess how contemporary audiences perceived material that viewers who have been conditioned to look for subtext now read as gay? This dirty-minded fangirl smirked her way through the bits with Algie's tiny gun, and when Algie kissed the men he met upon arriving in the west, but...do we know anything about how the original audiences received these images?
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Saturday, 9 September 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
i've been thinking of watching every available movie from exactly 100 years ago. is this a crazy idea?
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 9 September 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
well, imdb lists 5,498 titles from 1917. assume that 90% of them are lost (the standard estimate), and you've only got about 550 to watch. actually tracking down copies of all those films, however, is, yes, probably very crazy.
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 September 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
is this a project you would continue indefinitely? seems like it would become impossible after a certain point, maybe around like the mid-30s. might be cool for 1920 and before.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 9 September 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
RIP Stuart Oderman, longtime accompanist at NYC MoMA and elsewherehttp://www.silentfilmmusicblog.com/2017/08/stuart-oderman-1940-2017-silent-film.html🕸
http://www.silentfilmmusicblog.com/2017/08/stuart-oderman-1940-2017-silent-film.html🕸
― When I Get To The Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 September 2017 12:36 (six years ago) link
I'd probably continue it until I finished one full year. I haven't done any planning for it yet, just one of those big hobby project ideas I throw around in my head. like watching every Best Picture winner or everything Hitchcock did.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:15 (six years ago) link
i've seen Algie, j.lu, but i don't know the answer to your second question and i don't have my copy of the Russo book handy. But in every era surely there'd be different responses by different sectors of the audience.
abanana, on a more manageable level, the film-log site Letterboxd lists 392 films for 1917, around 300 of which have been logged as 'seen' by at least one person. I doubt you could get your eyes on more than 150-200 if you tried exhaustively.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 September 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
mostly silent, anyway:
You can watch the entire out-of-print TREASURES FROM AMERICAN FILM ARCHIVES set legally & for free here:https://t.co/pVytte9vZu— Movies Silently (@MoviesSilently) October 2, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
Saw Pandora's Box restoration w/ a new orchestral score at NYFF last night. Janus/Criterion was thanked, so BR from them shortly?
That Pabst was somethin' else.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Kristin Thompson's best of 1927
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/12/27/the-ten-best-films-of-1927/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 December 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
att Londoners, 10-11 March
https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=09e702562c5a537dc524bded5&id=e5b23c015b
http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 February 2018 07:17 (six years ago) link
A hell of a program! If you have any interest in silent comedy, do not miss "Seven Years Bad Luck" or "Battle of the Century." There's nothing quite like a good comedy as seen with an appreciative audience.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Saturday, 10 February 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
some nice 110-year-old animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-1t9sId5I
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
oh wow, thanks for the heads-up! And Kevin Brownlow will be there.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 22 February 2018 12:18 (six years ago) link
Steven Spielberg came into my curator/librarian friend's workplace the other day to watch something, and they had a chat about silent comedy. :o
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 February 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
Only got to catch one session of that festival mentioned above. As a silent cinema neophyte I was particularly impressed by the previously unknown to me Lupino Lane!
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
The Holy Mountain (Arnold Fanck) - I loved this. The Skiing, dancing, views of the moutains, the dream images and even Leni Riefenstahl. She's an unusual leading actress, her posture is often bent over and I've never seen anyone quite like her. Eureka disc came with documentary The Wonderful Horrible life Of Leni Riefenstahl (3 hours long) which is great too. Kind of incredible to see her filming underwater at 90 and stroking the backs of stingrays. Really want to see Blue Light, Tiefland and maybe Olympia. What could have been if she hadn't got involved with Nazis.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
anyone been to the SF Silent Fest?
https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/list.aspx?epguid=7ecd8d33-d7d0-46b0-a62a-af16bcbe6fc6&
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 March 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
Going to see Pandora's Box tomorrow, which I've never seen. Any good?
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Friday, 20 July 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
amazing acting by louise brooks, imo the best screen performance of the era
― adam the (abanana), Friday, 20 July 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
yes
btw:
https://www.kinolorber.com/film/pioneers-first-women-filmmakers
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 July 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
Morbs is my favourite critic tbh
― No angel came (Ross), Friday, 20 July 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Brooks looks all kinds of chic in the pics I've seen.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Friday, 20 July 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
thank you Ross, but i really am not one
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 July 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
That was really good! And surprisingly busy. The ‘dad’ villain was really good, though the heavy villain reminded me of bill ponderosa from always sunny...
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 21 July 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
The whole film relies on Louise Brooks though - if she wasn't as charismtic/photogenic etc. I'm not sure it would have worked. A lot of gay women at the showing too - I guess the countess is a notable gay figure?
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 21 July 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
The interview with Brooks in The Parades Gobe By is very good.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Sunday, 22 July 2018 10:55 (five years ago) link
The movie that made Mary Pickford a star, The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) is one of the more visually inventive silents I've seen. The character design in the fantasy sequences is quite remarkable, and the entire film (despite some expected sap) is very playful and fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6yRluZW7I
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
my friend wrote Slapstick Divas
https://silentlondon.co.uk/2018/10/15/sisters-in-slapstick-two-books-on-silent-comediennes/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
Your friend will be presenting an Alice Howell program as part of AFI's 2018 Silent Cinema Showcase. I ordered my series pass last night; is anyone else going?
― Accattony! Accattoni! Accattoné! (j.lu), Friday, 19 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
Right after Thanksgiving, NY MoMA will be doing ten days of Silent Comedy International:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5021
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link