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| lady wakasa |
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Ghulam wrote: There is no better Keaton than The General.
Weeell,... I think he does more creative stuff in Seven Chances (and The Electric House, and Sherlock, Jr. - although I'm willing to admit Sherlock, Jr. migjht also be the music).
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!! |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:48 pm |
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That sounds like a lot of fun.
Don't really know Veyre, but Abel Gance was a visionary who didn't get nearly the recognition he deserved. (Well, the Powers That Be were trying to bury him because they felt threatened - but he foresaw several technical innovations by a good 30 years.)
Let me see if any of the Alliances Francaises here are planning to show these.
BTW, Marilyn , did your prof mention Limite? I've heard the Brazilians still consider that one of the best Brazilian films ever made. (Not out yet, although it's being worked on.) |
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| Marilyn |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:57 pm |
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| Gabe and the other Brazilian cinephiles in our class said the greatest Braziliian film is considered to be Glauber Roches' Deus E o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) (Black God, White Devil in USA release). I don't remember Limite being mentioned. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:30 pm |
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Some Limite info:
http://www.gildasattic.com/peixoto.html
(ignore the link at the bottom - the Ministry of Culture's store is "temporarily closed")
http://www.mariopeixoto.com/
(I think Michael Korfmann is the Mario Peixoto expert, and he was very helpful whenI emailed him)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0022080/
Also a great story around it: this was the only movie completed by Mario Peixoto (he started one other).
I've heard in a couple of places that it comes up on "Best Brazilian Films" lists repeatedly (not necessarily #1, though). I'm hoping they get it out on DVD one day (they're apparently at least 6 mos behind where they wanted to be) so I can see it. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:38 pm |
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I wish to apoligize to all, The Kid was sweet and fun...I loved it and I have no idea why I thought of it a sappy except it must have been in another lifetime gone by.
Sweetie I keep getting these updates from the French folk I'll pass them to you from now on if you like. |
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| censored-03 |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:02 pm |
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Quote: I keep hearing that Safety Last! is in the process of being remade. That makes my soul shrivel up inside, but maybe they won't completely ruin it. |
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| dlhavard |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:03 pm |
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| You might of been thinking of Wallace Beery's "The Champ" which was extremely sappy. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:07 pm |
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| Possibly, when I was a kid they used to intermix cuts from silents with live schtick on Saturday mornings. There were still silents shown on Sunday afternoons as well. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:09 pm |
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| I mentioned my mixup of The Kid and The Champ earlier today. A lot of people don't seem to read posts older than 20 minutes. |
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| Marilyn |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:09 pm |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:11 pm |
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| It was your soul bearing confession which inspired me to do the same, Marantzy. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:13 pm |
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| I feel like a reformed criminal inspiring other ne'er do wells to repent. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:15 pm |
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| Watch that ne'er do well stuff I'm reformed I am, send me mother flowers and such! |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:39 pm |
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I just came across this:
*David Madden's Harlequin's Stick, Charlie's Cane: A Comparative Study of Commedia dell'Arte and Silent Slapstick Comedy, (Bowling Green Univ. Popular Press/1975), is a delightfully concise comparison of similarities and differences in character traits, story elements, comic routines, principles and methods of comedy between silent film comedies and the spirit of Commedia. Short explanations and unique photos. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:53 pm |
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