seeing tomorrow
On Benjamin Chapin/ John M. Stahl's The Lincoln Cycle (1918), playing @FilmLinc as part of @FilmComment Selects, for @reverse_shot: https://t.co/I1M3wVJX50— 𝕿𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝕯𝖆𝖞 (@NickPinkerton) February 8, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
Enoch Arden (1911) is one of the more formally intriguing Griffith shorts... first two-reeler? (It was shown in two parts due to exhibitors refusal to run it all for one admission.)
More closeups, particularly when the departing seafarer's lips can be read telling his wife "I'll come back."
https://backtothepastweb.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/enoch-arden-1911/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 February 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
Coeur fidèle (Epstein, 1923) is playing this weekend at the National Gallery of Art, with accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra. Is anyone else going?
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:10 (four years ago) link
no, but same show tnite at Lincoln Center
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
good performance -- not sure it's a *great* film but an absorbing and stylish one
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 May 2019 04:03 (four years ago) link
A standard melodrama, told through breakneck cutting and editing. And I still haven't heard an Alloy Orchestra accompaniment I didn't like.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Saturday, 4 May 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
You know you're watching Laurel & Hardy's Bacon Grabbers with a specialized audience when Edgar Kennedy gets a hand on his entrance. (In other shorts, so did James Finlayson and Jean Harlow.)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
nerds
― circa1916, Saturday, 8 June 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
watched Griffith's True Heart Susie yesterday -- only Lillian Gish can convincingly pour her secrets out to her cow.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 July 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
I'm midway through watching Intolerance right now and wow is it confusing, even more than was expected, was DW Griffith on a coke bender or something?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 August 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
This is wonderful news for the silent film community. @tcm affirms its commitment to our arcane art form by appointing a leading scholar in the field, Jacqueline Stewart (@ProfJStewart), as the host of its weekly Silent Sunday Night program.https://t.co/h5lcSYgAJX— Dave Kehr (@dave_kehr) September 10, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 September 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
Cool
― Our Borad Could Be Your Trife (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
Very pleased by this development. Let's hope it's matched by programming of films outside of the rather short list of silent titles TCM keeps rotating.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Friday, 13 September 2019 12:16 (four years ago) link
Motion Picture Classic September 1928 recently cameacross this article entitled, "Is Time Rotting Our Film Records?"by LynnFairfield, which was basically a true prophecy of the future loss of the films being made at that time. Fascinating read pic.twitter.com/QtEUwXuW0j— cyprian du faur (@Cyprian_DF) September 10, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 September 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
there is a Harry Langdon fest this weekend in Fremont CA
http://nilesfilmmuseum.org/?tv=4997833899900928
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 September 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000011
The 2019 AFI Silver Silent Cinema Showcase. (I've a bone to pick with the programmer over certain reruns, but I am going to order a series pass as soon as I can log in to their web page.)
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
New podcast episode! What did film SOUND like in the "silent era"? Film scholars Rick Altman and @SignalsToNoises take us on a sonic journey back in time.https://t.co/H9F67NNc6q— Phantom Power (@PhantomPod) November 1, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 November 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/f-0100002740
AFI Silver has just announced that Friday's screening of The Oyster Princess is going to be free. Anyone else interested in going?
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
my friend has written an Arbuckle book
https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/rediscovering-roscoe-a-terrific-new-book-on-the-films-of-fatty-arbuckle/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
Thompson checks in with '29
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2019/12/26/the-ten-best-films-of-1929/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
Ben Model streaming a silent-comedy watch party Sunday at 3pm Eastern time
https://www.silentfilmmusic.com/streaming-a-silent-film-show/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:49 (four years ago) link
great idea, definitely watching. ta for the tip.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 15 March 2020 08:31 (four years ago) link
bump
in 5 mins
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
enjoyed that, the lofi-ness of the presentation fit with the films somehow. could do without the mouse pointer on screen though lol.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 15 March 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Aaaaand Maryland theaters (and restaurants) have been ordered completely closed as of 5pm today. Just as AFI was about to open its Fox Film Corporation 1915-1935 series.
― Life is a banquet and my invitation was lost in the mail (j.lu), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
also sunk: the MoMA Edison/Biograph series
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:19 (four years ago) link
first 'official' show this Sunday w/ three shorts; they will rerun the Hank Mann vehicle
https://www.silentfilmmusic.com/watch-party-01/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 06:01 (four years ago) link
Watched Ford's Four Sons las night, a rather sprawling WWI narrative for a 96-minute film. His last silent? Certainly shows the Murnau influence, and the strength/bluntness of the actors' gestures shows perhaps why vets like him (he made silents for get accused of allowing hammy performances in the talkie era... it worked well here, and was probably hard to throw out of your toolkit.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
one of the most dreamlike of films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmH7WyWXg8
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
Ben Model stream begins in 3 minutes
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
update: they've experienced a YT snafu
search on YT for "the Silent Comedy Watch Party"
now set for 3:30 pm EDT
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
this is the new link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UE0j2WeFbo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0zbjXxfGc3-JFxPKe3LQqGmVwT3m89K6zi6IVnIYXeUlzzTZyKyxEznGI
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
oh, just search
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
I've been slowly watching Haxan in installments over the past few months. Really hit the spot this morning
― rob, Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
this weekend's show (will be archived):
https://www.silentfilmmusic.com/watch-party-02/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 March 2020 03:24 (four years ago) link
today's program:
https://www.silentfilmmusic.com/watch-party-5/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 April 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link
An empty Paris.A world on the verge of stopping completely.No it's not today, it is 1925's sublime PARIS QUI DORT (THE CRAZY RAY) by RenĂ© Clair. With English intertitles (and French sub). It's for free, it's avalailable worldwide & it's only on Henrihttps://t.co/CZAV3LVE94 pic.twitter.com/ak0TrcdP5C— La CinĂ©mathèque (@cinemathequefr) May 5, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
Thank you, will watch this tonight (aka At 3:25).
― by the light of the burning CitroĂ«n, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Harold Lloyd fuels his Model T with stolen heroin around 15:00 here (the short is one of his best)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-kR7o34cA
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 31 May 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
also little Sunshine Sammy Morrison, later of Our Gang, steals all his scenes, and no racial stereotyping
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 31 May 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
Harold Lloyd On Heroin would be a good band name.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 May 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
btw there is now The Roscoe Arbuckle Appreciation Society easily findable on FB, tons of links to online films
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
triggers: mother-in-law, cat in oven, man eating dishware (and that's just the first 8 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kR5ouegUmg
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
^This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
with an accent on Biograph:
During the month of August, we’ll be streaming treasures from MoMA’s film archive and sharing fascinating cinema history—with a new selection of films released each Thursday. We’ve chosen films that everyone—from famous filmmakers and actors, curators and eminent scholars, to high school students just discovering cinema studies—asks to see again and again. You’re gonna get a little Warhol, a lotta Dada, and more about the landmark early Biograph studio than you knew you wanted to know.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5239
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 August 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
After a recent series of events, I've decided to embark on a strange writing project involving shorts, and boy did reading this thread make me miss Morbz and wish he was here to advise.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 December 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
sorry, silent shorts. I smoked some weed.
I’ve been slowly going through the Buster Keaton shorts when he played second fiddle to Fatty Arbuckle. My brother noted that Keaton definitely outshone Arbuckle (the bigger star at the time) from nearly the beginning, especially with his physical skills. He hasn’t quite hit on the Great Stone Face yet but his star talent makes him far more compelling than Arbuckle’s cornier comedy.
― Ape Hole Road (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 4 December 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
So, <I>Safety Last!</I> is pretty great. Who knew?
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2021/07/08/alloy-orchestra-has-disbanded
Creative differences.
"After three decades, Alloy Orchestra is no more. Winokur has exited; Donahue and keyboardist Roger Miller, who joined in 1998 after Sampson’s death, continue on under a new moniker, Anvil Orchestra. Larry Dersch, who’d played with Miller in a previous band, Trinary System, will take Winokur’s spot in the new group.""Winokur, who started thinking about leaving the Alloys in late 2018, continues on with another film scoring outfit, the Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra, specializing in music that accompanies short films made by Ken Brown during the late 1960s for rock club The Boston Tea Party. He’s joined by Jonathan LaMaster and, at present, Vapors of Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley."
"Winokur, who started thinking about leaving the Alloys in late 2018, continues on with another film scoring outfit, the Psychedelic Cinema Orchestra, specializing in music that accompanies short films made by Ken Brown during the late 1960s for rock club The Boston Tea Party. He’s joined by Jonathan LaMaster and, at present, Vapors of Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley."
I've loved every Alloy Orchestra accompaniment I've heard (haters who refer to the "Annoy Orchestra" can suck my left one).
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 9 July 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link