Very late, but the Danish Silent Film branch of the Danish Film Archive has put out some August Blom dramas. They're all short and seem interesting.
E of Villain by Accident has put out a duology of articles about the two Powell & Pressburger-Hobson & Veidt films. The Spy in Black and Contraband. They are, as always, excellent (and I want to put the Contraband graphic on a notebook cover).
Stummfilmtage in Bonn is coming and alas, as always, I cannot go. They do have an online component (starting today!), but the highlight of the festival is Gösta Berlings saga (with Greta Garbo ;w; ) and that one is not available in non-Germanic countries. Boooooooo! At least Die grosse Sehnsucht will be, if one cares for Ufa Avengers type stuff. Conny Veidt is on there for like 5 minutes and he's a delight. Another film festival, La Giornate del Cinema Mudo, will have a retrospective called "Weimar Uncensored: Taboos and transgression in 1919-20. Not a lot of info as of now.
Cadogan Hall is going to show Metropolis in January next year. Live music with Metropolis, what a dream! And they also have Frankenstein! Similarly, and earlier, is Bristol Megascreen's showing of The Lodger (with live music) and Vertigo.
There's a book called The Silent Film Companion and I desperately need it. It's got Filibus on the cover! It has an essay on Orlacs Hände! If they don't mention the accidental trans metaphor I'm gonna lose it probably, but still! Why is the ebook so expensive, it's not like the writers are getting decent monetary compensation for their work sigh for the writers
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( Pic time! )
As for random movies I've randomly found on the webs:
And to end the post, the most important thing (via E): a very mysterious Conrad Veidt retrospective in Berlin, 2027. Where exactly? When exactly? Who knows! What movies are they showing? A mystery! I must know, I need to start budgeting. Also, took Berlin 500 years to finally give the man some bread. Last time a restrospective happened was last year in Paris. Before that was 2018 in Vienna. At that rate, I thought the next retrospective would be in Lisbon or something.
I've been much to tired to do lots of typing, so both my blog here and on Pillowfort have been barren, and I've barely left any comments. I also haven't been drawing. C'est la vie!
E of Villain by Accident has put out a duology of articles about the two Powell & Pressburger-Hobson & Veidt films. The Spy in Black and Contraband. They are, as always, excellent (and I want to put the Contraband graphic on a notebook cover).
Stummfilmtage in Bonn is coming and alas, as always, I cannot go. They do have an online component (starting today!), but the highlight of the festival is Gösta Berlings saga (with Greta Garbo ;w; ) and that one is not available in non-Germanic countries. Boooooooo! At least Die grosse Sehnsucht will be, if one cares for Ufa Avengers type stuff. Conny Veidt is on there for like 5 minutes and he's a delight. Another film festival, La Giornate del Cinema Mudo, will have a retrospective called "Weimar Uncensored: Taboos and transgression in 1919-20. Not a lot of info as of now.
Cadogan Hall is going to show Metropolis in January next year. Live music with Metropolis, what a dream! And they also have Frankenstein! Similarly, and earlier, is Bristol Megascreen's showing of The Lodger (with live music) and Vertigo.
There's a book called The Silent Film Companion and I desperately need it. It's got Filibus on the cover! It has an essay on Orlacs Hände! If they don't mention the accidental trans metaphor I'm gonna lose it probably, but still! Why is the ebook so expensive, it's not like the writers are getting decent monetary compensation for their work sigh for the writers
Via
- "One of the things that sucks about being an animation nerd is having to live with the fact that, from a technical standpoint, the Hotel Transylvania movies are absolutely ground-breakingly staggeringly incredible.", an analysis of computer animation history leading to and including Hotel Transylvania (which is the best Adam Sandler comedy don't at me).
- "Rewatching Treasure Planet (great movie, watch it) made realize something about the way that stories convey information to their audiences.", we lost so much over the past few years. Also a look at why we, even when we know the story will end badly, still care and are emotionally affected by tragedy.
( Pic time! )
As for random movies I've randomly found on the webs:
- La tierra de los toros (Musidora, 1924), was right under my nose this whole time?? I'm shocked! I've been slowly making my way through her filmography, and it's fascinating. She's a damn good director, even when the plots aren't particularly interesting.
- Im Lebenswirbel | In Turmoil (Heinz Schall, 1918), an Asta Nielsen I need to add to my list.
- Vampyrdanserinden | The Vampire Dancer (August Blom, 1912), not part of those Blom dramas in the first link. I dunno, vampire dances in film are interesting.
- Jon W shared an uncensored version of one of my favourite films. If you haven't set up an RSS feed of his Bluesky you should, every time he shows up he brings gold.
- Amleto | Hamlet (Eleuterio Rodolfi, 1917), Italian Hamlet. 'Nuff said.
And to end the post, the most important thing (via E): a very mysterious Conrad Veidt retrospective in Berlin, 2027. Where exactly? When exactly? Who knows! What movies are they showing? A mystery! I must know, I need to start budgeting. Also, took Berlin 500 years to finally give the man some bread. Last time a restrospective happened was last year in Paris. Before that was 2018 in Vienna. At that rate, I thought the next retrospective would be in Lisbon or something.
I've been much to tired to do lots of typing, so both my blog here and on Pillowfort have been barren, and I've barely left any comments. I also haven't been drawing. C'est la vie!
