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SFAM · 31st July 2006, 08:13 PM

Greetings. For my favorite silent films, probably they'd be in this order:

1. Metropolis (Lang, 1927): It's great to see a cyberpunk film from 55 years prior to what's generally considered the first one. The restored Kino edition is just wonderful. I recently bought Lang's "M" and Die Niebelungen, but I haven't seen these yet.

2. Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928): Falconetti gives us one of the best performances ever on film. And truly, Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light accompanyment is just wonderful.

3. Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922): I'm not as taken with Dreyer's Vampyr as some are, but I LOVE Nosferatu.

4. Gold Rush (Chaplin, 1925): while I love most of his stuff, this is my favorite movie of his. Easy Street (1917) is my favorite short of his.

5. Thief of Bagdad (Walsh, 1924): I do like this a lot, although I must confess I like the 1940 version more.

31st July 2006, 08:13 PM	#44 (permalink)
SFAM Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 25	Re: Silent Films Greetings. For my favorite silent films, probably they'd be in this order: 1. Metropolis (Lang, 1927): It's great to see a cyberpunk film from 55 years prior to what's generally considered the first one. The restored Kino edition is just wonderful. I recently bought Lang's "M" and Die Niebelungen, but I haven't seen these yet. 2. Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928): Falconetti gives us one of the best performances ever on film. And truly, Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light accompanyment is just wonderful. 3. Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922): I'm not as taken with Dreyer's Vampyr as some are, but I LOVE Nosferatu. 4. Gold Rush (Chaplin, 1925): while I love most of his stuff, this is my favorite movie of his. Easy Street (1917) is my favorite short of his. 5. Thief of Bagdad (Walsh, 1924): I do like this a lot, although I must confess I like the 1940 version more.