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  • Feb 21, 2020
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    sace

    it's interesting, but great

    Sjostrom really up there with Ford and Huston for letting epic evocative wilderness scenery become one of their films main characters

  • Feb 21, 2020
    Elric

    Sjostrom really up there with Ford and Huston for letting epic evocative wilderness scenery become one of their films main characters

    damn icelandic landscape

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    100 years ago, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was released in Germany

  • Feb 27, 2020

    Nosferatu's my fav

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    sace

    100 years ago, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was released in Germany

    got tickets to see this in april

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    dundis

    got tickets to see this in april

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    sace

    im hella lucky that there’s so much heat to watch in sweden

    got tickets for vivre sa vie at my fave bourgeoisie theatre sunday next week and so far im the only one, since they’re playing streetcar named desire at the same time

    if i get to be alone in that bih it’ll def be my goat cinema experience

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    dundis

    im hella lucky that there’s so much heat to watch in sweden

    got tickets for vivre sa vie at my fave bourgeoisie theatre sunday next week and so far im the only one, since they’re playing streetcar named desire at the same time

    if i get to be alone in that bih it’ll def be my goat cinema experience

    so jealous, there's a revival house near me though

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    sace

    so jealous, there's a revival house near me though

    just saw rosemary’s baby playing next month, def have to see that
    its funny how most of my cinema visits is to rewatch older films

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    dundis

    just saw rosemary’s baby playing next month, def have to see that
    its funny how most of my cinema visits is to rewatch older films

    last couple old films i watched on the big screen was Apocalypse Now and 2001: A Space Odyssey (even I have the tickets still)

  • Feb 27, 2020
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    sace

    last couple old films i watched on the big screen was Apocalypse Now and 2001: A Space Odyssey (even I have the tickets still)

    2001

    so far the coolest ive watched was the 5 hr cut of fanny & alexander and umbrellas of cherbourg those demy sets are something else man

  • Feb 27, 2020
    dundis

    2001

    so far the coolest ive watched was the 5 hr cut of fanny & alexander and umbrellas of cherbourg those demy sets are something else man

    its on IMAX

    literally the intro music gives me chills down in my spines

  • Feb 27, 2020

    Been on a Chaplin wave for a while. I watched City Lights with my grandpa and we enjoyed it much

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    Greed

  • RASIE 🦦
    Mar 2, 2020

    Not enough love for Vidor or Ozu ITT

  • RASIE 🦦
    Mar 3, 2020
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    Some of my faves that haven't been mentioned yet:

    • "A Corner in Wheat" (Griffith, 1909)
    • I Was Born, But... (Ozu, 1932)
    • City Girl (Murnau, 1930)
    • Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage, 1959)
    • A Woman of Paris (Chaplin, 1923)
    • Vampir-Cuadecuc (Portabella, 1971)
    • "Black Ice" (Brakhage, 1994)
    • A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu, 1934)
    • Dragnet Girl (Ozu, 1933)
    • Hotel Monterey (Akerman, 1972)
    • Tabu (Murnau, 1931)
    • "Meshes of the Afternoon" (Deren & Hammid, 1943)
    • "Ritual in Transfigured Time" (Deren, 1946)
    • "At Land" (Deren, 1944)
    • Shoulder Arms (Chaplin, 1918)
    • So Is This (Snow, 1983)
    • Tokyo Chorus (Ozu, 1931)
    • An Inn in Tokyo (Ozu, 1935)
    • Bucking Broadway (Ford, 1917)
    • Passing Fancy (Ozu, 1933)
    • The Oyster Princess (Lubitsch, 1919)
    • Spies (Lang, 1928)
    • Street Angel (Borzage, 1928)
    • Show People (Vidor, 1928)
    • Master of the House (Dreyer, 1925)
    • "The Idle Class" (Chaplin, 1921)
    • The Heart of the World (Maddin, 2000)
    • "A propos de Nice" (Vigo, 1930)
    • "A Dog's Life" (Chaplin, 1918)
    • A Man There Was (Sjöström, 1917)
    • The Public Enemy (Wellman, 1931)
    • I Don't Want to Be a Man (Lubitsch, 1918)

    Also, @sace – You should add a category in OP for "Modern Silent Films", for silent works that released after the traditionally recognized 'silent era'

  • Mar 3, 2020
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    RASIE

    Some of my faves that haven't been mentioned yet:

    • "A Corner in Wheat" (Griffith, 1909)
    • I Was Born, But... (Ozu, 1932)
    • City Girl (Murnau, 1930)
    • Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage, 1959)
    • A Woman of Paris (Chaplin, 1923)
    • Vampir-Cuadecuc (Portabella, 1971)
    • "Black Ice" (Brakhage, 1994)
    • A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu, 1934)
    • Dragnet Girl (Ozu, 1933)
    • Hotel Monterey (Akerman, 1972)
    • Tabu (Murnau, 1931)
    • "Meshes of the Afternoon" (Deren & Hammid, 1943)
    • "Ritual in Transfigured Time" (Deren, 1946)
    • "At Land" (Deren, 1944)
    • Shoulder Arms (Chaplin, 1918)
    • So Is This (Snow, 1983)
    • Tokyo Chorus (Ozu, 1931)
    • An Inn in Tokyo (Ozu, 1935)
    • Bucking Broadway (Ford, 1917)
    • Passing Fancy (Ozu, 1933)
    • The Oyster Princess (Lubitsch, 1919)
    • Spies (Lang, 1928)
    • Street Angel (Borzage, 1928)
    • Show People (Vidor, 1928)
    • Master of the House (Dreyer, 1925)
    • "The Idle Class" (Chaplin, 1921)
    • The Heart of the World (Maddin, 2000)
    • "A propos de Nice" (Vigo, 1930)
    • "A Dog's Life" (Chaplin, 1918)
    • A Man There Was (Sjöström, 1917)
    • The Public Enemy (Wellman, 1931)
    • I Don't Want to Be a Man (Lubitsch, 1918)

    Also, @sace – You should add a category in OP for "Modern Silent Films", for silent works that released after the traditionally recognized 'silent era'

    will add even im trying to make this thread centered traditional silent era from late 1800's to 1930's

    edit: already added Sjostrom film in the "Noteworthy" section

  • RASIE 🦦
    Mar 3, 2020
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    sace

    will add even im trying to make this thread centered traditional silent era from late 1800's to 1930's

    edit: already added Sjostrom film in the "Noteworthy" section

    Ah, didn't see that one down at the bottom of OP haha

  • Mar 3, 2020
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    RASIE

    Ah, didn't see that one down at the bottom of OP haha

    I think The Public Enemy isn't silent

  • RASIE 🦦
    Mar 3, 2020
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    sace

    I think The Public Enemy isn't silent

    You're right it's not. The backdrop for the film on LB is a shot of the actors who are wearing the silent-style makeup, so that confused me haha

  • Mar 3, 2020
    RASIE

    You're right it's not. The backdrop for the film on LB is a shot of the actors who are wearing the silent-style makeup, so that confused me haha

    early 1930's is like 19210

  • Mar 3, 2020
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    RASIE

    You're right it's not. The backdrop for the film on LB is a shot of the actors who are wearing the silent-style makeup, so that confused me haha

    wait did you suggest a film you didn't watch then?