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Old 30th October 2005, 05:08 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Silent Films

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Originally Posted by Foxbat
I've heard a lot about this one so I'm definitely curious to see for myself. I intend to watch it in the same frame of mind you need to use when watching Leni Reifensthal's Triumph Of The Will - for historical interest only.
Triumph of the Will is truly one of the most frightening films I've ever seen. Then again, the real stuff is always scarier than fiction. It shows, I think, how easy it is to pull people in to any sort of cult of personality such as the one Hitler and his henchmen created in Germany, how easily people are led.

Shoegaze...I can't believe I forgot to mention Battleship Potemkin.

And as for Silent Movie, I've always loved the fact that the only one to speak in the movie was Marcel Marceau. Priceless.
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