Monday, 4 February 2013
An Analysis of The Master - Submit to the Process
“Flood-tide below me! I watch, you face to face.”
This is the beginning of the Walt Whitman poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," and is visually enacted on the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson in his most recent film, The Master. This image...
This is the beginning of the Walt Whitman poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," and is visually enacted on the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson in his most recent film, The Master. This image...
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Watch It: Salome (1923)
Salome (1923), directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is the third film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name., after a short Salome (1910) and the Theda Bara version of Salome (1918, lost). The play itsel...
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
You learn something new everyday, or at least I do. When I sat down to do some research on the early history of film animation, I made the perplexing discovery that the first instance of public film projection was not held by the Lumiere brothers in ...
Friday, 1 February 2013
10 Things About The General (1927)
So my Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra silent film calendar tells me today is the release date for The General. I get really excited about this - a great reason to talk about The General! The prob...
Classic Movies Digest
Classic Movies Digest is a rather plain and unpretentious movie site design wise. But as the subheader says, "Like classic movies? You're in the right place." This statement is profoundly true.
If you're looking for a steady stream of classic movi...
If you're looking for a steady stream of classic movi...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
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