You scared me. I thought you were going to post your top 150 films from the 1920s. I was wondering how one could possibly have seen enough movies from that single decade to be able to make a list that long of "favourites". That would imply actually having seen at least twice as many from that decade
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Yeah, the title did confuse you. I actually thought of presenting my favorite 150 films of all time, just subdivided into decades. I'm miles away from having seen 300+ silent movies yet (hopefully when I'm an old wise man, I'm gonna get there one day). Right now, the number is around 40. Also, all those films you can see here are set more in the context of "all time favorites" and not "favorites by decade".
Historical value is not a criterion for me to like the film. That's why I didn't include "Battleship Potemkin", "Caligari", or "The Jazz Singer". Instead, and naturally, films have to entertain or stimulate me in other ways all the more.
I love "Nosferatu" mostly because of its atmosphere. Not only that Max Schreck delivers a performance of the century, it simply is a symphony of horror, even if it is not sooo scary/bloody like today's horror-slashers, but the horror is less artificial. Dusky vaults and narrow backstreets shot on location with wisps of fog, flickering lights and arcane shadows are effects which contain all the
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Historical value is not a criterion for me to like the film. That's why I didn't include "Battleship Potemkin", "Caligari", or "The Jazz Singer". Instead, and naturally, films have to entertain or stimulate me in other ways all the more.
I love "Nosferatu" mostly because of its atmosphere. Not only that Max Schreck delivers a performance of the century, it simply is a symphony of horror, even if it is not sooo scary/bloody like today's horror-slashers, but the horror is less artificial. Dusky vaults and narrow backstreets shot on location with wisps of fog, flickering lights and arcane shadows are effects which contain all the ( ... )
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