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Traditional Catholic Faith => Art and Literature for Catholics => Topic started by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 02:27:26 PM
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Anyone else like silent films? I'm very partial to them. Here's a few available on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/cmWZLtDsOOs
https://youtu.be/pb83yQ6ETIU
https://youtu.be/SyqDQnoXa70
https://youtu.be/IP0KB2XC29o
https://youtu.be/G32fGD4skIw
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Dont forget Metropolis! esp the restored version with lost now found footage.
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Big fan. Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is an all-time favorite.
Look up Victor Sjostrom's work, he is perhaps the most accomplished director of the silent era. Terje Vigen (released for English speaking audiences as 'A Man There was') is perhaps my favorite. The Phantom Carriage was groundbreaking, and The Wind was surprisingly good.
If you like Dryer (who did Passion of Joan of Arc), another good silent work of his was Vampyr. Surreal and Lovecraftian, but not nihilistic.
Most good silent films are not American, I've noticed.
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Nosferatu......for you classic horror fans
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I know he's no friend of the Church, but the 1927 film Napoleon is outstanding. I managed to get the remastered version a few years back, which looks excellent. Unfortunately, I never did finish watching it (it's almost 6 hours long)
Trailer
https://youtu.be/6504eRh5h6M
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Big fan. Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is an all-time favorite.
Look up Victor Sjostrom's work, he is perhaps the most accomplished director of the silent era. Terje Vigen (released for English speaking audiences as 'A Man There was') is perhaps my favorite. The Phantom Carriage was groundbreaking, and The Wind was surprisingly good.
If you like Dryer (who did Passion of Joan of Arc), another good silent work of his was Vampyr. Surreal and Lovecraftian, but not nihilistic.
Most good silent films are not American, I've noticed.
I've been meaning to watch Vampyr but never sat down to do so.
It's no wonder good silent films aren't American, since Europe was the center of the world in that era. And speaking of Lovecraft, there's actually a recent silent film adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu from 2005 which is really good.
https://youtu.be/p6vTI7aDIHc
Dont forget Metropolis! esp the restored version with lost now found footage.
I've watched that version! Extremely good. I withheld mentioning it since its a very Masonic film.
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A recent awarding-winning mostly silent film we like is The Artist.
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A recent awarding-winning mostly silent film we like is The Artist.
That looks pretty good
https://youtu.be/YB9Oq0hn5KY
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I've watched that version! Extremely good. I withheld mentioning it since its a very Masonic film.
Yes, but it an absolutely seminal work of science fiction that has been enormously influential on SF ever since.
Oodles of noodles of Catholic themes that be parsed from it.:cowboy:
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Yes, but it an absolutely seminal work of science fiction that has been enormously influential on SF ever since.
Oodles of noodles of Catholic themes that be parsed from it.:cowboy:
I'll have to rewatch it with a Catholic lens. I think the last time I did see it was before my conversion
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I'll have to rewatch it with a Catholic lens. I think the last time I did see it was before my conversion
I will await your thoughts when you do see it again. :cowboy:
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I've been meaning to watch Vampyr but never sat down to do so.
It's no wonder good silent films aren't American, since Europe was the center of the world in that era. And speaking of Lovecraft, there's actually a recent silent film adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu from 2005 which is really good.
https://youtu.be/p6vTI7aDIHc
I've watched that version! Extremely good. I withheld mentioning it since its a very Masonic film.
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Wow, I never thought I'd ever run into anyone, last of all in CathInfo, who'd seen that Cthulhu film. Yes, it's excellent. Quite an accomplishment those lads pulled off. I think they made that film with about $12.
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Lovecraft was a seminal writer when it comes to horror. Alas he was also a sick puppy to boot.
I find audio adaptations of his works better than any films.
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Die Nibelungen 1 & 2 in HD!
https://youtu.be/5mPUaDyGCiU
https://youtu.be/mLCISO9-w84
Lovecraft was a seminal writer when it comes to horror. Alas he was also a sick puppy to boot.
I find audio adaptations of his works better than any films.
Absolutely no one comes to close to portraying existential dread in the face of higher beings (i.e. demons) than he does. I still treasure the collection of his works I bought years ago.
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Since you posted Die Nibelungenlied, you now have to sit through 16 plus hours of Wagner's Ring cycle!!!!!! Mwahaha!
Well not really. :laugh1: That is a very tough slug through. So as I bid one and all goodnight, here is something that fits the bill.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJI_gygXsfs
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https://youtu.be/bjGihbTqLoY
https://youtu.be/59fGBXTkwWE
https://youtu.be/SQortbJYDxE
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https://youtu.be/bjGihbTqLoY
https://youtu.be/59fGBXTkwWE
https://youtu.be/SQortbJYDxE
You win the thread
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Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927 ...NOT the 1903 Edison one released in '27.
In the 1980's I copied it from TV to VHS but haven't seen it aired since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSPMhuOpXgQ
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Faust - english
https://youtu.be/RWsx8tCC2iM
Helen of Troy - german
https://youtu.be/d85hF5HFZi8
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Metropolis - complete and restored
https://youtu.be/Sx-vMdGqL3A
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The Thief of Baghdad
https://youtu.be/hv2voOOhAqc
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Napoleon (1927)
https://youtu.be/7xXy2kvuLRs
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Jesus of Nazareth (1916) playlist - 10 parts
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL653516148C922997
Waxworks (1924) playlist - 9 parts
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL653516148C922997
Carmen (1918) playlist - 8 parts
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB685D71C30701952
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Der Golem (1920)
https://youtu.be/p6dvWPN8OMA
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From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
It's the same movie Knight Templar posted, just in full format instead of parts.
https://youtu.be/w-y-81BMLA4
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These movies are from such a long time ago. Thinking about the men and women we SEE in these films,
If THEY had reached back in time as far as we're reaching back to get to these silent films, they would be dealing with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Yes, America is a young country.
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What I've seen of this is pretty disturbing, especially for an old film.
Haxan (1922)
https://youtu.be/DoPjXNTpRpg
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George Melies short films
A Trip to the Moon (1905)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8
The Impossible Voyage (1904)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5jiiGFL5I
La Sirene (1904)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIG01ZEROL0
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXTYBF-4sco
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The Great White Silence (1924)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQujzJDj52k
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Nanook of the North, 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW14Lu1IBo
Kaz's great grandfather. ;)
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No silent film thread is complete without:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYnjiljqyc
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Buster Keaton is a laugh riot.
https://youtu.be/iGVt0EozajE
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Nanook of the North, 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW14Lu1IBo
Kaz's great grandfather. ;)
How did I miss this one? :laugh1:
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No silent film thread is complete without:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYnjiljqyc
Classic to be sure. :popcorn:
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https://youtu.be/BRUkyHvsvfg
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https://youtu.be/gOWicOwtHa8
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https://youtu.be/i8Ik1ftrxjI