Movie Club

Howard the Duck · 01-31-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

Alright, I have 5 candidates now:

Carrie - Skaligojurah
The Haunting - Tore
Brazil - Mr.Dood
Nosaferatu - DJ Chameleon
Blow Up - The Cunning Stunt

I've seen all except "The Haunting".

Guybrush · 01-30-2011, 08:37 PM

In my opinion and experience so far, when it comes to german silent horror flicks, Faust from 1926 is the one to watch. It is brilliant in many ways, definetly something everyone should check out. Beats even Nosferatu in my opinion!

"F.W. Murnau's telling of the classic German legend, 'Faust' is a masterpiece to behold. From both the technical and story standpoint, the film excels and despite being nearly eighty years old, Faust still stands tall as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. F.W. Murnau has become best known among film fans for 'Nosferatu', but this is unfair to the man. While Nosferatu is something of an achievement; it pales in comparison to this film in every respect. Faust is far more extravagant than Murnau's vampire tale, and it shows his technical brilliance much more effectively. The story is of particular note, and it follows a German alchemist by the name of Faust. As God and Satan war over Earth, the Devil preaches that he will be able to tempt Faust into darkness and so has a wager with God to settle things. Satan sends Mephisto to Earth to offer Faust an end to the plague that is making it's way through the local population, and eternal youth, in return for Faust's soul..."

Link (you can download it legally) : Faust

djchameleon · 01-30-2011, 08:46 PM

i'm loving that archive.org site i'm going to download all three of those and watch them tomorrow or maybe one each night over the next three nights.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 01-30-2011, 09:00 PM

PM me these. Very easy for me to keep a list up that way.

**Janszoon** · 01-30-2011, 09:05 PM

I wasn't actually nominating Der Golem, I was just saying that it's a good movie.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 01-30-2011, 09:32 PM

I think I'll watch it soon as I get some down time. I remember I heard of it but I wanted to watch Metropolis first.

djchameleon · 01-30-2011, 09:55 PM

I can't find The Golem: How He Came into the World on archive.org and it's not on netflix either.

**Janszoon** · 01-30-2011, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I can't find The Golem: How He Came into the World on archive.org and it's not on netflix either.

Netflix has it, just not for instant viewing. Search for "Der Golem, Wie er in die Welt Kam".

Guybrush · 01-31-2011, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I can't find The Golem: How He Came into the World on archive.org and it's not on netflix either.

Yeah, the search function on archive.org is a bit tricky I think so when I search for movies, I usually use google (f.ex "der golem archive.org"). It seems the movie used to be available on archive.org, but it was taken down a while ago when someone asserted copyright.

By the way, good idea to watch those films

If you do it, don't forget to let us know what you think!

djchameleon · 01-31-2011, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

Yeah, the search function on archive.org is a bit tricky I think so when I search for movies, I usually use google (f.ex "der golem archive.org"). It seems the movie used to be available on archive.org, but it was taken down a while ago when someone asserted copyright.

By the way, good idea to watch those films

If you do it, don't forget to let us know what you think!

sure I will do a little mini review for each one. The version that I found on netflix thanks to Janz is saying that there is some sort of trilogy for Golem which will be even more interesting to see the three films back to back.

01-30-2011, 08:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	In my opinion and experience so far, when it comes to german silent horror flicks, Faust from 1926 is the one to watch. It is brilliant in many ways, definetly something everyone should check out. Beats even Nosferatu in my opinion! "F.W. Murnau's telling of the classic German legend, 'Faust' is a masterpiece to behold. From both the technical and story standpoint, the film excels and despite being nearly eighty years old, Faust still stands tall as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. F.W. Murnau has become best known among film fans for 'Nosferatu', but this is unfair to the man. While Nosferatu is something of an achievement; it pales in comparison to this film in every respect. Faust is far more extravagant than Murnau's vampire tale, and it shows his technical brilliance much more effectively. The story is of particular note, and it follows a German alchemist by the name of Faust. As God and Satan war over Earth, the Devil preaches that he will be able to tempt Faust into darkness and so has a wager with God to settle things. Satan sends Mephisto to Earth to offer Faust an end to the plague that is making it's way through the local population, and eternal youth, in return for Faust's soul..." Link (you can download it legally) : Faust __________________ Something Completely Different

01-30-2011, 09:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I wasn't actually nominating Der Golem, I was just saying that it's a good movie. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-30-2011, 09:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I think I'll watch it soon as I get some down time. I remember I heard of it but I wanted to watch Metropolis first.