'Objects In Space'
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I was just going through next week's tv listings and looking to see what TCM had on for Monday night. Well, in addition to Part 1 of that History of Hollywood miniseries, they're showing silent short films all night long! 30 Edison shorts, 8 pre-Birth of a Nation Griffith shorts, 16 Georges Melies shorts, and 7 shorts adapted from Shakespeare.
My dvr is going to be very full by Tuesday morning!
I'm already set to grab the Melies and silent Shakespeare.
Oh goodness me, I could really do with some of those. Is there anybody who could copy them on to a DVD for me? I'd pay for postage and everything.
The Méliès and the Griffith/Biograph stuff would be fantastic as I really don't have much. The only Méliès I own, in fact, is "The Fantastical Voyage"; I send students to youtube for Voyage Dans La Lune, but that doesn't quite cut the mustard. And if one of the Griffith's were "Musketeers of Pig Alley" that would make me even happier.
With Nosferatu, ignore the score, turn the volume down, and throw on a copy of Can's Tago Mago, which syncs up surprisingly well until Orlak arrives in Wisberg, where the album sadly runs shorter than the movie. At that point, I suggest switching over to doom metal, perhaps Electric Wizard's Witchcult Today. Or Sunn 0))) at deafening volumes.
The Seventh Victim by Val Lewton
Great movie!
It is a pretty common trope, though. I think The Devil Rides Out is my favorite in that sub-genre
With Christopher Lee in a rare heroic role!
You mean you weren't cheering for him to lop off Hayden Christiansen's head with a lightsaber?
Robocop's a fun movie, but Detroit does not equal Michigan. Escanaba in the Moonlight is just as representative of the state, if not more so.
Same with Pink Flamingos and Maryland.
Wow, here's what Edith Scob ("Eyes Without a Face") looks like now.
