Foreign Films

Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:28 am

Ooo...I remember another one...a Russian silent, The Odessa Steps. That was using a lot of new camera angles, lighting, etc. for 1916 or so!
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:35 am

I never heard of that one LP. But there's another russian movie coming to my mind. Ever heard of Battleship Potemkin? That one is pretty famous i think.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:57 am

Speaking of Russian movies, if you like EIGHT HOUR movies, War and Peace is supposed to be good. It better be - it's the most expensive movie ever produced.

Oh, don't worry about me being drunk for the movie. I don't drink much at all. In fact, I haven't had any alcohol since December 24.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:39 am

Wait, wait. You are right. It IS Potemkin. It's the Odessa Steps SEQUENCE that we were studying in graduate school! (ugh, see how far that got me in life?) bow

Great opening sequence of maggot-infested meat! Just for you weak of heart!
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:50 am

Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:51 pm

mmmm could go for some chocolate right about now!
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:54 pm

Back to silent films...

If you go to Charlie Chaplin's wikipedia page there are 3 clips from The Bond you can watch. Those scenes appear to make sense although I can't imagine how those 3 clips could form a movie. Are those clips typical of a silent film?

Also, by silent are they completely silent or just no dialogue? The ones on wikipedia have this like static in the background but if there's no sound of any sort why don't they just mute it completely? Surely that feedback doesn't add anything.

The clips can be seen here

WAIT...nevermind. The Bond isn't a real film - it's just trying to sell Liberty Bonds. It's only a 5 minute "film".
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:26 am

Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:39 am

Usually you will hear some sort of music track on the ones that are released for theater and classroom use. In the actual day, the theater usually would employ an organist or piano player (hence the term "theatre organ") to provide live running accompianament (sp?) for the movie.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:46 am

Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:01 am

Based on that clip I guess I get what these are about. That wasn't too confusing.

I need to see Metropolis now whistle

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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:05 am

I saw Metropolis quite some time ago. I think i'll have to watche this again. I can remember that i really liked that one.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:23 am

I had a good laugh at the shot of all the guys getting horny but the rest of it was excellent....
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:19 am

I bought M last night from Overstock. I'll watch that as soon as I get a chance.

I also bought a Bogart and Bacall box set that comes with 4 DVDs. Bacall is supposed to be a good film nor actress and Bogart has been good in everything I've seen so we'll see.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:47 am

Boggy is one of the "all time" best actors.

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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:12 am

Also good in The African Queen...
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:37 pm

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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:37 pm

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations

Spencer Tracy as Matt Drayton

Sidney Poitier as Dr. John Wade Prentice

Katharine Hepburn as Christina Drayton

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On Golden Pond (1981)

Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 21 nominations

Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer

Henry Fonda as Norman Thayer Jr.

Jane Fonda as Chelsea Thayer Wayne

I loved this one! It shows her great talent in her later years.

Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:51 pm

I was thinking Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and/or Morning Glory (1933). I don't know much about the latter (I don't like to read much in the way of plot summaries before viewing something - it's more of a mystery that way LMAO

) but she won an Oscar for it.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:52 pm

Don't forget Woman of the Year, Pat and Mike, and Desk Set.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:57 pm

So that's 6 of her films to check out HAHA

She was nominated for best actress just 12 times so she must have at least a few good movies. 1 down 11 to go whistle

On another note, how'd we get to discussing her in a foreign films thread LMAO

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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:20 pm

this is a fun discovery for you!
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:31 pm

I got a free Amazon gift card from this one website today for $82 and bought some stuff including two movies (one of which is foreign), a video game, and a baseball book (Bill James' Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame):

Citizen Kane two disc set including The Battle for Citizen Kane
AND...
Metropolis

My wishlist has the following foreign films:
Nosferatu
The Battleship Potemkin
The Birth of a Nation
Les Diaboliques (or Diabolique)

The first three are all silent. I'm going to watch Metropolis and The Battleship Potemkin for sure. If I like either one I'll try more silent films. If not I'll go to Diabolique which is supposed to be Hitchcock-like and contain some sort of fancy plot twist - it even came with an anti-spoiler message warning people not to discuss the plot with others who hadn't seen it.
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:35 pm

wish I could borrow most of those from you!
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Subject: Re: Foreign Films Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:15 pm

Oh yeah, good news for people wanting me to watch silent films...
while researching The Battleship Potemkin on wikipedia I noticed an external link that said watch this online at google video (or something) so I started watching. The picture quality is absolutely awful, BUT I was following along nicely. I only watched 10 minutes because I don't want to spoil it for when I see it on DVD at some point but still - it made sense YAY!

My favorite line in the first 10 min. was "they aren't worms...they're maggots. Just wash them off with brime" Double Puke

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