Topic: Silent films

[lovemunkey187]

No accounting for taste. 

You'll say you don't like The Cannonball Run next!

If he says that he doesn't like Cannonball Run can we ban him? 

[Najemikon]

I'm sure that it would count for an automatic ban. "Him" would not be pleased otherwise...

[hal9g]

Now, how about the real lost treasure? The complete It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World...

Sorry Jon, but I can't stand that film.

I have to agree with this.  It is one of only two movies with Spencer Tracy that I do not care for. 

'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is the other.  The funny thing is, I love Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier as much as Spencer Tracy, but this movie is so implausible and political that I just can't bear to watch it.

[W0m6at]

I finally got around to watching Faust tonight. I was really quite impressed with the opening section (about 1/3), to the point I was ready to add it to an Amazon UK order I'll be putting through in the next few days. Thankfully I continued watching... the feel of the entire thing changed after that, and I was left rather disappointed. That said, the first third did have some absolutely spectacular special effects!

[W0m6at]

[addicted2dvd]

My collection has grown a little since this thread started...

- The Bat (1926) [Enjoyed it Quite a Bit!]
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) [Yet to Watch]
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [Yet to Watch]
- Champagne (1928) [Yet to Watch]
- Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) [Yet to Watch]
- Easy Virtue (1928) [Yet to Watch]
- The Farmer's Wife (1928) [Yet to Watch]
- The General (1927) [This One is a Lot of Fun!]
- The Golem (1920) [Enjoyed it Quite a Bit!]
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916) [Yet to Watch]
- The Lodger (1926) [Yet to Watch]
- The Manxman (1929) [Yet to Watch]
- Nosferatu (1922) [Liked it Alot!]
- The Ring (1926) [Yet to Watch]

When this thread started I only had 5 silent movies... now I have 14. Mostly thanks to that old Hitchcock set I got this month. But I got a few others since then as well.

[hal9g]

One of the absolute best silent movies I've seen is The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).  Maria Falconetti is just fabulous in this movie, completely removing the need for words!  One of the best screen performances ever!

[Achim]

I bought these on Blu-ray:

The General
Battleship Potemkin

Looking forward to Metropolis.

I did already own the 5 disc set Movies Begin.

[Antares]

When this thread started I only had 5 silent movies... now I have 14. Mostly thanks to that old Hitchcock set I got this month. But I got a few others since then as well.

I see you bought The General, you should try and get Keaton's other films. He was the King of silent slapstick

[addicted2dvd]

Yeah... I would like to get some more of his!

[Najemikon]

 

[Antares]

Yeah... I would like to get some more of his!

The scene that is the cover for that clip is from Steamboat Bill Jr., Keaton's last independent film before he was sabotaged by MGM. The front of the building weighed over two tons, and had Keaton been off by only a few scant inches, he would have been crushed to death.

[Achim]

The scene that is the cover for that clip is from Steamboat Bill Jr., Keaton's last independent film before he was sabotaged by MGM. The front of the building weighed over two tons, and had Keaton been off by only a few scant inches, he would have been crushed to death.

I saw that stunt performed live at Universal Studios in some Western stunt show. Not sure it still exists, that was in 1990... Quite impressive. Interesting here though, that the star did it, not a stuntman!

I may look into more Keaton. Personally I have a slight preference for Laurel and Hardy though.

[lovemunkey187]

2 best scenes in that for me are at about .52 secs, walking through the door and then trying to climb over the gate.

So natural.

Genius.

[W0m6at]

I just stumbled across this. It's in DVD Profiler (UPC 617742220599) and available from Amazon for $9.98
Give it a look, as there's quite a bit more content than the (front) cover suggests. I'd love to grab it myself, but I've been splurging a little too much lately.