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Given that the TV I grew up with until I was in grade school was black and white, I never had a problem with b&w movies.
A lot of what I would watch now is not going to interest a kid, but Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, etc. probably might.
I can attest for a fact that they would. Our local PBS station in Maine used to show silent movies all the time.
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Didn't Caligari predate Art Deco? 1919, right?
I didn't think Art Nouveau survived the war.
Interwar German movies to me are Art Deco, but I really dislike most German art movements, especially expressionism, so I must admit I haven't seen Caligari.
I don't know Art Nouveau, but I do know Club Nouveau. For some reason, I don't think that counts in this discussion.
I think you mean Art Deco.
No, Nouveau. That cathedral in Barcelona freaks me out (is Gaudi Nouveau or just weird?). And there are some buildings in Europe with wriggly facades that would drive me nuts if I lived there.
Edit: I love Deco architecture, the curves and angles are primarily decorative, I believe, but the rooms have a reassuringly pedestrian squareness to them.
Gaudi? Expressionist. AND weird.
I'd say Gaudi is Art Nouveau's twisted step-child.
Art Nouveau is turn-of-the-century, organic, plant-inspired design, think, the Metro entrances in Paris, some of Tiffany's glasswork.
Art Deco is 20s and 30s and all about being functional and modern, think, the Chrysler building.
Gaudi? Expressionist. AND weird.
OK. It still looks like the House Cthulhu Built.
Art Deco is 20s and 30s and all about being functional and modern, think, the Chrysler building.
Mmmm. Art Deco. LOVE.
Art Nouveau was from 1890s to about 1914 (rectilinear until the turn of the century, curvilinear after that. Approximately). It's linked to the Arts & Crafts movement, but not the same. Art Deco lasted from about 1920-1937ish.