This site is a space to blather on the relationship between life and film, film and life. To kick-start our musings, JEN'S KICK-BUTT MOVIE WATCHING CONTEST will take place from October 31, 2007, thru April 1, 2008.
Early Classical Hollywood: 1930 - 1944
Early Classical Hollywood
1930, Hell's Angels - Howard Hughes 1930, The Blue Angel - Josef von Sternberg 1931, M - Fritz Lang 1931, Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde - R Mamoulian 1931, Dracula - Tod Browning 1931, The Public Enemy - William A. Wellman 1931, Working Girls - Dorothy Arzner 1932, Freaks - Tod Browning 1932, Dr. Frankenstein - James Whale 1932, Scarface - Howard Hawkes 1932, The Mummy - Karl Freund 1933, Duck Soup - Leo McCarey 1934, The Black Cat - Edgar Ulmer 1935, The Devil Is a Woman - Josef von Sternberg 1935, The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock 1936, Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin 1937, You Only Live Once - Fritz Lang 1938, Sabotage - Alfred Hitchcock 1938, Bringing Up Baby - Howard Hawkes 1939, The Women - George Cukor 1939, The Wizard of Oz - Victor Fleming 1939, Gone with the Wind - Victor Fleming 1939, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Frank Capra 1939, Stagecoach - John Ford
1940, The Thief of Bagdad - Berger, Powell 1940, The Philadephia Story - George Cukor 1940, His Girl Friday - Howard Hawkes 1940, Grapes of Wrath - John Ford 1940, The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin 1941, Citizen Kane - Orson Welles 1941, The Maltese Falcon - John Huston 1943, Casablanca - Michael Curtiz 1944, Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder 1944, Murder, My Sweet - Edward Dmytryk
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the great train robbery: One of the earliest movies made, this last only 15-20 minutes. this movie is completely silent with only a music box playing along with the action. The plot is very basic (cops and robbers) but considering the fact that it was one of the first films made, it's good.
citizen kane: in my opinion, this movie sucked. Despite the fact that Orson Welles created a lot of different techniques in this movies (deep focus, etc), the plot is bland and the movie is very slow moving, and the whole "rosebud" mystery can be confusing for the average viewer, even when revealed at the end of the movie.
workers leaving the station: not really a movie, but more about the film maker being excited about the fact that he actually got the camera to work.
voyage to the moon: like the great train robbery, this film is completely silent except for the music box. in this film, however, the viewer can follow the film better because the characters speak through title cards that are shown every time some kind of dialog occurs.
wizard of oz: to put it short and simple, a classic. The change from black and white to color; from a poor town to a modern city is a bit prophetic itself because it shows how different television will become.
citizen kane is an all time classic with Orson welles innovative aproch to the movie and his creation of deep focus i really like the dancing in movie and i like that it was some what baces on that news paper mogul anyways i like the highs and lows of the movie it really made me feel sympathy for kane in the end ;)
3 comments:
the great train robbery: One of the earliest movies made, this last only 15-20 minutes. this movie is completely silent with only a music box playing along with the action. The plot is very basic (cops and robbers) but considering the fact that it was one of the first films made, it's good.
citizen kane: in my opinion, this movie sucked. Despite the fact that Orson Welles created a lot of different techniques in this movies (deep focus, etc), the plot is bland and the movie is very slow moving, and the whole "rosebud" mystery can be confusing for the average viewer, even when revealed at the end of the movie.
workers leaving the station: not really a movie, but more about the film maker being excited about the fact that he actually got the camera to work.
voyage to the moon: like the great train robbery, this film is completely silent except for the music box. in this film, however, the viewer can follow the film better because the characters speak through title cards that are shown every time some kind of dialog occurs.
wizard of oz: to put it short and simple, a classic. The change from black and white to color; from a poor town to a modern city is a bit prophetic itself because it shows how different television will become.
citizen kane is an all time classic with Orson welles innovative aproch to the movie and his creation of deep focus i really like the dancing in movie and i like that it was some what baces on that news paper mogul anyways i like the highs and lows of the movie it really made me feel sympathy for kane in the end ;)
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