The Image: a tiny study of mental crisis, homoeroticism and creepy atmosphere sets a template for David Bowie’s future career
Michael Armstrong, “The Image” (1967) Notable mainly for being singer and sometime actor David Bowie’
Tag: Silent Films
The Gold Rush: a fun and clever film of comedy, drama, romance, horror and thriller elements
Charles Chaplin, “The Gold Rush” (1925, revised 1942) In reality, the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush
German and German-language Films
Metropolis (dir. by Fritz Lang, reconstructed + restored): near-full restoration carries a populist message of fear and conservative belief
Fritz Lang, “Metropolis (reconstructed + restored)” (1928) I’ve had the opportunity to see “Metropolis” (which
Invocation of My Demon Brother: not an essential film to see for Kenneth Anger fans
Kenneth Anger, “Invocation of My Demon Brother” (1969) If like me, you’ve already seen a
Tolerantia: a plea for religious tolerance and diplomacy over war
Ivan Ramadan, “Tolerantia” (2008) An animated 3D short made in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2008, “Tolerantia” is
Blancanieves: silent Gothic melodrama of a brief summer of shining innocence before a long winter of fascism
Pablo Berger, “Blancanieves” (2012) In the style of old 1920s expressionist silent films, Berger’s “Blancanieves”
Ichthys: a caustic commentary on institutional religion
Marek Skrobecki, “Ichthys” (2005) For once I didn’t need to look up an English translation
The Red and the Black / The Horse: two little oil paintings in continuous motion
Witold Giersz, “The Red and the Black / Czorwane i Czarne” (1963) / “The Horse
Son (dir. Ryszard Czekala): a solid, powerful short about rural-urban and generational division
Ryszard Czekala, “Son / Syn” (1970) This short silent animation piece is one that Polish
French and French-language Films
Montparnasse: an affectionate survey of a famous artistic and intellectual Parisian district in the 1920s
Eugène Deslaw, “Montparnasse” (1929) Come take a tour of Montparnasse as it was in 1929