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scifirenegadeAll 57 films, which is every single film of our good sir available to the general-ish public, have been watched*.
It only took 10+ years :P
Deciding to watch a weird German silent film about mysterious murders after binging on Méliès' shorts was an interesting decision.
I did take me forever to recognise him in Orlacs Hände and Waxworks (which I put on after watching The Golem 3 and Nosferatu). I suck at faces, you see, but by then, I never forgot. Mostly. I couldn't recognise him as Gwynplaine's father on my first watch of The Man who Laughs, but I noticed how expressive his eyes were, just like Conrad's *facepalm*
Leaving that embarassing bit aside, that's the thing. Even before knowing his name, or having that face etched in my mind, he stuck out. From his sheer physicality, to the minute muscle twitches on his face.
He became one of my favourites.
Even if I had only seen but a sliver of what was available.
Connie did quite a few duds, quite a few masterpieces, plenty of average films. But Christopher Lee is right, no matter the film's quality, HE was quality (or at least the most entertainingand attractive part).
No longer I feel like a poser :D
Anyway, expect a ranking and a small write-up of the remaining films watched after Rasputin.
*including one I never expected to see! That would be Landstraße und Großstadt. Shame the Bundesarchiv is not putting up more unavailable Connie films. And they're difficult to search too, they don't put his name in the description! He's the main character in Hektor Dalmore and he's not in the description alongside his cast mates. Okay, rant over.
It only took 10+ years :P
Deciding to watch a weird German silent film about mysterious murders after binging on Méliès' shorts was an interesting decision.
I did take me forever to recognise him in Orlacs Hände and Waxworks (which I put on after watching The Golem 3 and Nosferatu). I suck at faces, you see, but by then, I never forgot. Mostly. I couldn't recognise him as Gwynplaine's father on my first watch of The Man who Laughs, but I noticed how expressive his eyes were, just like Conrad's *facepalm*
Leaving that embarassing bit aside, that's the thing. Even before knowing his name, or having that face etched in my mind, he stuck out. From his sheer physicality, to the minute muscle twitches on his face.
He became one of my favourites.
Even if I had only seen but a sliver of what was available.
Connie did quite a few duds, quite a few masterpieces, plenty of average films. But Christopher Lee is right, no matter the film's quality, HE was quality (or at least the most entertaining
No longer I feel like a poser :D
Anyway, expect a ranking and a small write-up of the remaining films watched after Rasputin.
*including one I never expected to see! That would be Landstraße und Großstadt. Shame the Bundesarchiv is not putting up more unavailable Connie films. And they're difficult to search too, they don't put his name in the description! He's the main character in Hektor Dalmore and he's not in the description alongside his cast mates. Okay, rant over.
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Date: 8 Jan 2025 14:17 (UTC)Agree with Christopher Lee, and he could lift the films that would have been good without him too.