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Ballet mécanique (1924)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

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)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

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)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Ah, finally a moving camera. The director taking pity on the protagonist was pretty funny.

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Fast cuts, but still very long and boring. Thank God it was projected at 24 fps, cuz at 16 fps I wouldn’t have been able to take it. The silence didn’t help, either. Unfortunately, I was able to stay awake for the nauseating cow slaughtering at the end. It was…

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The Freshman (1925)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A well-made, clever, simple comedy. A few really funny moments. Started a bit slow, but the comedy picked up once Lloyd became the victim. Lloyd is good with his expressions. Chevy definitely found his roots here. The music and special effects were crisp and wondeful, and really added to the…

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Seven Chances (1925)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

More of a basic story with special effects than a comedy. Keaton was quite an athlete. The scene with the falling rocks was really cool. Supposedly, a remake of Personal.

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Anemic Cinema (1926)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Shit. And it was meant to be shit. Congratulations.

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Emak-Bakia (1927)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Pretty much a montage of random, unfocused images. Some of them are kinda cool, though.

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Kurutta ippêji (1926)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

A pretty boring prison montage. Kinda different, but not too exciting. The ringing soundtrack makes me mad. In fact, the whole soundtrack sucks and is used ineffectively. Cool masks at the end.

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Geheimnisse einer Seele (1926)

Reviewed on Dec 31, 1969

Way too much psychology for me. It’s basically a Freudian psychoanalysis of a fucked up man, an educational tool for budding psychologists. Kind of a neat dream, though.

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