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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
For a classic, this film has some pretty shitty uses of a motion picture camera. The expressionistic fades are just dumb. They are used too much and get annoying after a while. An interesting Psycho stabbing in the shadows. Veidt is cool.
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The Kid (1921)
Decent comedy, Chaplin has done better. Love his Chevy-like humor of subtlety. The kid and the flying dog are funny. Brisk is pretty good. Why do all villains in these older movies (like Voyage to the Moon), especially supernatural characters like aliens or devils, always wear tights? That guy may…
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Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
A documentary/fairy tale/horror/psychoanalysis. Some cool stop-motion effects, and a fat-ass Satan (played by the director) with a wiggly tongue. Nice jacking off metaphor. I think John Wayne was the narrator for some parts of it. I was very sleepy when we saw this movie in class, and I must confess…
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Nosferatu (1922)
Boring, but still more coherent than Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Definitely an eerie-looking Dracula.
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The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
Without sound, most films of this period are pretty boring, especially if it didn’t have a great story, comedy, or special effects. This was no exception. I have no idea what it was about and I don’t care, either. Why did they use irising so much for cuts and sometimes…
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Ballet mécanique (1924)
They say it’s abstract, and boy, are they ever right. It’s pretty dumb. I have no interest in watching a fat, ugly lady holding a bag of rice run up the stairs a thousand times.
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Entr’acte (1924)
Images, and that’s it. The constantly moving camera gave me motion sickness. The “Fin” scene at the end was kind of unusual and neat.
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The Last Laugh (1924)
Ah, finally a moving camera. The director taking pity on the protagonist was pretty funny.
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