SR4 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 after a nice night of semi-partying whatever, i awoke early (my girlfriend still passed out) with nothing to do until work..... Ive watched The hunchback of Notre Dame, and now watching the Phantom of the Opera with Lon Cheney.....and i just ordered Metropolis, M, and The Crowd from netflix.....goodness cannot wait. silent movies are the shit....i think its because of the classical/piano soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Betty Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I was at an arty party and they projected silent slapstick films onto a screen in the backyard and a guy who is really good at improvising on the piano had to do the score (although he hadn't seen the films and had to react to what he was seeing). It was great way to entertain a crowd and it's a shame that there isn't really a modern/contemporary equivalent to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 it really is the ultimate audio visual thrill. on a geeky note, for a minute i was thinking that the layout of silent movies are a perfect motif for the modern RPG games...the cuts, the mass movement, the prompting.....its amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 it's a shame that there isn't really a modern/contemporary equivalent to this. maybe something like, someone rocking out to a lemur midi controller with david letterman on mute.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Betty Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 it's a shame that there isn't really a modern/contemporary equivalent to this. maybe something like, someone rocking out to a lemur midi controller with david letterman on mute.. I would feel sorry for Paul Shaffer an the CBS orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 it's a shame that there isn't really a modern/contemporary equivalent to this. maybe something like, someone rocking out to a lemur midi controller with david letterman on mute.. I would feel sorry for Paul Shaffer an the CBS orchestra. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velazquez Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Meshes of an Afternoon- by Maya Deren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 anything by Charlie Chaplin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dreddy Schwager Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinett...netofDrCaligari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velazquez Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinett...netofDrCaligari yeah that's wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AOOproductions Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Fritz lang is my favorite director. I always loved M, because it was like the silent film aesthetic, but using sound. So the two mediums overlapped to create something entirely unique. The scenes where the audio completely drops out are breathtaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest assegai Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sang d'un poète, Le (1930) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021331/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I enjoyed le million http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022150/ Great views of early paris or what it must have been like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 checking out Cabinet now...thanks for the recs lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klanty Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Buster Keaton, yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 un chien andalou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_chien_andalou l'age d'or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%82ge_d%27or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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