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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 4, 2017 17:40:15 GMT
The Gold Rush
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Mar 6, 2017 1:09:48 GMT
The Gold Rush.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2017 18:48:13 GMT
City Lights.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Mar 14, 2017 3:01:42 GMT
I guess I'd go with City Lights. I do have a heart, after all.
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Post by TerryMontana on Oct 14, 2019 5:30:31 GMT
The Gold Rush and City Lights.
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 14, 2019 9:46:58 GMT
Not that high on silent films, but some really great ones:
Safety Last
Metropolis
Sunrise
The Circus
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Post by Longtallsally on Oct 14, 2019 11:26:52 GMT
Shoes (1916)
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 14, 2019 13:42:25 GMT
Hurray! A film by the prolific director, Lois Weber, the first American female director. She wrote and directed 141 films from 1911 to 1934, all silent except her last. I've seen only two of her films and Shoes wasn't one of them, but I'll certainly put it on my list. It sounds wonderful. Weber was dedicated to making socially conscious films.
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Post by Longtallsally on Oct 14, 2019 14:52:37 GMT
It's available on youtube: Shoes
The film deals with a subject that is as old as human history: POVERTY |
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Post by Longtallsally on Oct 14, 2019 16:34:30 GMT
Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing it and will let you know my thoughts after I do.
In the meantime, here's a short piece about Lois Weber hosted by Susan Sarandon:
THANK YOU, Spiderwort. 👏👏👍 |
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Post by Longtallsally on Oct 14, 2019 20:29:11 GMT
Oh, sally, I can't thank you enough for introducing me to this film! It's simply beautiful - and heartbreaking. Lois Weber had so many gifts as a director - for a strong, meaningful story, for effective staging and use of the camera, for skillful editing, and especially for her ability to work with actors. Mary MacLaren's performance is simply wonderful in its beautiful simplicity (something all other actors also demonstrate, which means it was in no small part because of the direction). Such performances were so rare in the silent era, being too often, though not always, "over the top."
Seeing this has given me an even stronger understanding of Weber's significance in cinema at a time when it was still inventing itself. And thank god someone was able to save and apparently restore all of the nitrate original. It would have been deeply unfortunate if this had become a "lost" film, given its many merits.
One more thing: it hits close to home, too, for I remember my Mother telling stories of growing up in the Depression, being so poor when she was a kid that she had to cut out cardboard soles for her own worn out shoes, and walking to school in bad weather, enduring so much of what the character in this film did - without the ending, of course.
Thank you again for sharing this with me. The filmmaker in me is inspired in a way that I haven't been since I was a young teenager. You have made my day!
I'm so glad that you also liked it, spiderwort. It is a very fine film, that's all I can say from my point of view, as I don't have the understanding of the cinematic techniques and the background information you have. Thanks for sharing it. As for the poverty of preceding generations, I heard my grandmother telling similar stories about shoes or the lack thereof. She was one of 14 daughters of a poor farmer's family and had to wear wooden shoes for the most of the time. |
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 14, 2019 21:29:36 GMT
I'm so glad that you also liked it, spiderwort. It is a very fine film, that's all I can say from my point of view, as I don't have the understanding of the cinematic techniques and the background information you have. Thanks for sharing it. As for the poverty of preceding generations, I heard my grandmother telling similar stories about shoes or the lack thereof. She was one of 14 daughters of a poor farmer's family and had to wear wooden shoes for the most of the time. You're welcome, sally. And thank you for sharing your grandmother's story. It's a very touching one, to which I can definitely relate. I think our similar family histories validate the film's honesty and beauty and also perfectly illustrate the human value of the art of cinema - or any art, for that matter. It reminds us of who we are. |
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