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Title: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 02:27:26 PM
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

Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 04:47:36 PM
Dont forget Metropolis! esp the restored version with lost now found footage. 
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Mithrandylan on April 02, 2022, 05:02:55 PM
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. 
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 05:13:20 PM
Nosferatu......for you classic horror fans
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 06:23:24 PM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 06:26:35 PM
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.
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Cera on April 02, 2022, 06:42:38 PM
A recent awarding-winning mostly silent film we like is The Artist.
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 07:42:14 PM
A recent awarding-winning mostly silent film we like is The Artist.
That looks pretty good
https://youtu.be/YB9Oq0hn5KY
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 07:42:20 PM
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:
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 07:46:06 PM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 07:48:56 PM
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:

Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Mithrandylan on April 02, 2022, 07:49:39 PM
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.
.
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. 
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 07:55:39 PM
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.
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 08:01:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 02, 2022, 08:07:54 PM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Knight Templar on April 02, 2022, 08:10:52 PM
https://youtu.be/bjGihbTqLoY
https://youtu.be/59fGBXTkwWE
https://youtu.be/SQortbJYDxE
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 02, 2022, 08:18:44 PM
https://youtu.be/bjGihbTqLoY
https://youtu.be/59fGBXTkwWE
https://youtu.be/SQortbJYDxE
You win the thread
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Miseremini on April 02, 2022, 10:19:00 PM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 03, 2022, 12:39:07 PM
Faust - english
https://youtu.be/RWsx8tCC2iM

Helen of Troy - german
https://youtu.be/d85hF5HFZi8
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 03, 2022, 12:41:56 PM
Metropolis - complete and restored
https://youtu.be/Sx-vMdGqL3A
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 03, 2022, 01:04:47 PM
The Thief of Baghdad
https://youtu.be/hv2voOOhAqc
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 03, 2022, 07:48:34 PM
Napoleon (1927)
https://youtu.be/7xXy2kvuLRs
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 04, 2022, 08:34:05 AM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:22:23 AM
Der Golem (1920)
https://youtu.be/p6dvWPN8OMA
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:28:16 AM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Matthew on April 05, 2022, 09:34:45 AM
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.
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:33:08 PM
What I've seen of this is pretty disturbing, especially for an old film.

Haxan (1922)
https://youtu.be/DoPjXNTpRpg
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:42:03 PM
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
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:43:20 PM
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXTYBF-4sco
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 09:45:57 PM
The Great White Silence (1924)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQujzJDj52k
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Emile on April 05, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
Nanook of the North, 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW14Lu1IBo

Kaz's great grandfather. ;)
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 05, 2022, 10:05:53 PM
No silent film thread is complete without:

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYnjiljqyc
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 25, 2022, 04:19:45 AM
Buster Keaton is a laugh riot.

https://youtu.be/iGVt0EozajE
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 25, 2022, 09:35:50 PM
Nanook of the North, 1922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW14Lu1IBo

Kaz's great grandfather. ;)
How did I miss this one? :laugh1:
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: Kazimierz on April 25, 2022, 09:36:35 PM
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:
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on May 03, 2022, 08:41:04 AM
https://youtu.be/BRUkyHvsvfg
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on May 03, 2022, 10:04:56 AM
https://youtu.be/gOWicOwtHa8
Title: Re: Silent films
Post by: DigitalLogos on May 03, 2022, 10:13:11 AM
https://youtu.be/i8Ik1ftrxjI