News & Other Views
Excerpt from James Agee’s “Comedy’s Greatest Era”
When someone asks me why they should care about Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin or Harold Llyod or silent film in general, I point [...]
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News & Other Views
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News & Other Views
“The Hidden Influence of Harold Lloyd on Singin’ in the Rain”
The other day I came across the awesome Hello, Harold Lloyd website and I’ve been poking around it ever since. It’s a wealth of [...]
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News & Other Views
The Buster Keaton Bookshelf
I just finished reading Buster Keaton: Interviews by Kevin Sweeney. Hearing what Buster has to say about Buster is not only informative but also [...]
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Talkies
Noir of the Week Reviews “Conflict”
While poking about the interwebs, I found this excellent 2006 review of Conflict from Noir of the Week. Sadly, as the review notes, Conflict [...]
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News & Other Views
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari v. Shutter Island
The Film Experience website has a regular feature called “Distant Relatives” where a classic film and a modern film are compared and contrasted. Last [...]
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News & Other Views
Stay Tuned for Comic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Erotic comic book artist Dave McKean talks up his erotic story Celluloid and drops a mention of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. McKean Draws a [...]
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News & Other Views
TV Tropes Looks at The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
TV tropes takes a look at the tropes deployed (and subverted) in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. But… “The film was made to metaphorically [...]
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News & Other Views
A New Review of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari might be the most written about and talked about movie ever. Take that Citizen Kane! There’s a new review [...]
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