Thread inspired me to catch up on some 1920s stuff I've been wanting to watch.

Planning to check out these from 1921 over the next week:

• Orphans of the Storm (Griffith)
• Dream Street (Griffith)
• Tol'able David (King)
• "The Goat" (Keaton & St. Clair)
• "The High Sign" (Keaton & Cline)
• "The Boat" (Keaton & Cline)
• Shattered (Pick)
• "Manhatta" (Strand & Sheeler)
• Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (Ingram)
• Destiny (Lang)
• The Blot (Weber)

gotta watch pauline brunius' "lev livet leende" from 1921 (double billed with körkarlen) for my class next week might report back, it's only a short

@Aruji just noticed you've watched Shattered and gave it a good score too. Hype

Gonna add that to my list as well. Never heard of it before

@Elric Btw why did you start this thread with 1921 and not 1920?

Because I consider Phantom Carriage the first real masterpiece (Griffith can pound sand) and figured I'd go with the centennial theme

Those Keaton shorts are great, maybe I'll catch some of the others too need to see Orphans so I can credibly hate on Griffith some more. Was hoping it would get restored.

Wasn't even considering Griffith tbh

I just know we've both seen at least a decent handful of great films from like 1915-1920 from other directors so I was confused about starting with 1921 haha. But it does makes sense you'd start there knowing how heavy you stan Phantom Carriage so i aint mad

I’m in after 1945

Damn you gotta start watching some stuff from the 30s at least fam. One of the greatest decades ever

It's the same with my Best Songs thread.... There was definitely some great music before the mid 50s but in '55 you had Chuck, Richard, Elvis, Fats, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles etc all find find their groove at the exact same time so that's where I started it. 1921 not quite as pivotal but it's around the time all the dramatic directors (Stroheim, Lang, Murnau, Sjostrom) mastered their styles and all the comedic goats transitioned from shorts to feature length films.

Yeah i feel you. S*** gets extra hard after 1921 for sure

also check out that Max Linder i posted if you havent yet

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Am i fake kino lover for not having checked anything before the 50s? (Maybe 2 late 40s films at most)

Theres just sooo many films out there to peep, and each year we seem to get more. It’s gonna take a while for me to check out films THAT old tbh

But yeah keep this going cause i will weigh in with my s***ty takes eventually

Check out M by Fritz Lang. Changed my whole perception on dust when I was young.

I’ve heard of this before, ig it’s somewhere chilling in one of my lbxd lists

Will get to it eventually for sure

Also @Elric since u seem to have seen so many more films than me can u put me on to directors or just films that have a similar vibe to Alejandro Jodorowsky, Gaspar Noé & Terrence Malick?

Anything with spiritual themes while also being visually pleasing ig

For Malick you're gonna wanna dive into Tarkovsky

Never seen any Noe

Gonna have to ponder Jodorowsky... I like him but he's not my dude. Maybe Color Of Pomegranates.

Only seen Stalker once and it was such a turn-off for me. I respected his craftmanship but god it was so boring to sit through for me. I will try again with another one like Solaris or Ivans Childhood but idk when i’ll dare to come close to another Tarkovsky film... that’s how much i didn’t enjoy Stalker

Which Jodorowsky have u seen? And why never cared to check out Noé doesn’t seem like your cup of tea either i guess?

Yeah stalker and solaris are not great starting points. If you're into later Malick then Zerkalo is what you need to see. It kinda stands alone amongst his work, alot more fluid and dream like but not in a somnabulatory way. Less Top 5 oat for me

Jodorowsky loses me sometime when he goes full abstract metaphor cinema. I've seen El Topo and Sante Sangre. Bit of Holy Mountain but it looks a bit daunting.

Just never hear about Noe in any of the books I read or sites I visit

He may not be your cup of tea since i feel like you like the auteurs of cinema a lot and he’s just more of a technical wizard, barely works with scripts

But yeah at least check out one of his most popular films and see if it’s for you

I would’ve thought you would have at least heard about Irréversible since it’s so well known