Treasure Trove of Silent Films found in New Zealand.
75 of them!
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DavidS - Jun 12, 2010 9:51:35 am PDT #8921 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beekaytee - Jun 12, 2010 10:04:07 am PDT #8922 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Treasure Trove of Silent Films found in New Zealand.
That is amazing.
Has anyone seen Forgotten Silver? If you haven't, I highly recommend it...though I'm loathe to spoil it for newbies, I'll link to its wiki page for them that don't care.
The cache of films mentioned in David's link could have lent a lot to Forgotten Silver.
I just love the idea of it, how it was made, how it was presented and even the aftermath.
Peter Jackson...that guy has some spicy brains...along with a deliciously twisted sense of humour.
Connie Neil - Jun 12, 2010 1:21:06 pm PDT #8923 of 30000
brillig
Saw Clash of the Titans, that was definitely worth the dollar movie price. A nice quest in an impressive landscape. And I liked Io.
Connie Neil - Jun 12, 2010 1:21:36 pm PDT #8924 of 30000
brillig
re: silent movies, Greed is fantastically good.
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2010 1:23:04 pm PDT #8925 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think we're going to see A-Team tonight. I just want fun, silly, plotless, etc. Plus Bradley Cooper shirtless, which I am not mentioning to The Boy.
Sean K - Jun 12, 2010 1:26:30 pm PDT #8926 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I hope you have fun, Steph. I sure did.
Scrappy - Jun 12, 2010 2:15:28 pm PDT #8927 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I'm going tonight, too. Thanks to the rec, Sean!
DebetEsse - Jun 12, 2010 3:43:07 pm PDT #8928 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
And I liked Io
Anybody else automatically think "He's blind, you know?"
t /discworld
Kathy A - Jun 12, 2010 3:55:45 pm PDT #8929 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For silent films, I love The Passion of Joan of Arc, which had a great print-discovery story. The original cut was lost in a fire soon after it was premiered, so the director put together another version from alternate takes, but he was never satisfied with this inferior version. Then, in 1981, an almost-complete print of the original version was found in the closet of an Oslo mental hospital.
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2010 4:02:25 pm PDT #8930 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And now it looks like we'll see a matinee tomorrow, as we're wrangling with the shower curtain (it's a whole-shower enclosure ring for a claw-foot tub) and new shower caddy. Projects NEVER go as quickly as you expect them to.