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Old 07-14-2008, 05:45 AM   #1
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Talking So, i just watched Nosferatu for the first time.

And it was really awsome. I havn't seen all that many silent b/w movies, but i really enjoyed it. you should watch it if you havn't already. Also, if anyone knows of any other great silent movies, i would love to check them out.
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Old 07-14-2008, 05:55 AM   #2
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Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde from 1920 is insanely great. Metropolis is another silent movie that should be seen. Not that goff though, like Nosferatu and the above mentioned movie.
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Old 07-14-2008, 05:59 AM   #3
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Nosferatu is great. I have a image of Max Schreck from the movie as my desktop wallpaper. It's the same image used on Clepatra's Bauhaus tribute CD The Passion of Covers . If you want to see another creepy, stylish silent movie check out The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari . To save money they used painted sets and then they figured since they were painted they might as well make them surreal too. Then they shot the whole thing with only 1 studio light. The overall effect is like a nightmare. Rob Zombie did a decent copy of it in his Living Dead Girl video.
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Old 07-14-2008, 12:08 PM   #4
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Cool

Another good silent film from the German Expressionist movement is `Faust` directed by F.W Murnau in 1926 !!!.

Other good silent films worth checking out that havent being mentioned yet are ...


The Phantom Of The Opera (Starring Lon Chaney)

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Starring Lon Chaney)

Frankenstein (1910)


I hope this helps !!!.
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Old 07-14-2008, 12:57 PM   #5
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Though it isn't a silent film, I would recommend 'Shadow of the Vampire' which is about the making of Nosferatu.
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Old 07-14-2008, 12:57 PM   #6
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I have the dual disc DVD of Nosferatu and Phantom of the Opera. It makes me quite happy.
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Old 07-15-2008, 09:26 PM   #7
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She_Is_My_Sin, love that movie. Also, Grimm, check out some of the old Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton flicks, Charlie Chaplin, of course, and films by Leni Riefenstahl, Pudovkin, and, I believe, Eisenstadt.
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:05 PM   #8
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The Seventh Seal makes all those others pale in comparison.
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Old 07-16-2008, 02:01 AM   #9
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Watch "Nightmare Before Christmas" with subtitles, on mute, and with the RGB on your TV turned down as low as it'll go so it'll all be grayscale.

Instant black and white silent film.
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Old 07-16-2008, 02:04 PM   #10
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The Seventh Seal makes all those others pale in comparison.
I enjoyed that, yeah. I don't know if I enjoyed Nosferatu more, though.
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