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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/29/06 9:39pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Man With a Movie Camera" (1929)
	Next: "Pandora's Box" {Die Buchse Der Pandora")(1929) Germany; B & W; 97 m.; silent Directed by: G. W. Pabst Screenplay by: G. W. Pabst, Josef Feisler (from the play by Wedekind) Photography: Gunter Krampf Cast: Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer The book says: [about] "an innocent temptress whose fortright sensuality somehow ends up ruining the lives of everyone around her." And 'it is the actress' vibrant, erotic, scary, and heart breaking personality that resonates with modern audiences." I haven't seen the movie itself, but Brooks is famous. She made another good film for Pabst for this year: "Diary of a Lost Girl." Dietrich once complained of Pabst casting Brooks over herself. Apparently Brooks is extraordinary, though.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/30/06 8:04pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Pandora's Box" (1929)
	Next: "The Blue Angel" {Der Blaue Engel")(1930) Germany; B & W; 99 m.; Directed by: Josef von Sternberg Screenplay by: Carl Zuckmayer, from the novel "Professor Unruh" by Heinrich Mann Music: Frederic Hollander Photography: Gunter Rittau Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich Von Sternberg directed Jannings in his Hollywood phase, a film called "The Last Command." Jannings won an Academy Award for it, so when he was cast in this role, he asked that von Sternberg be brought over to direct it. Von Sternberg returned to Hollywood afterwards, taking the leading lady of this film with him--and made his next six films with her. It was made in two, slightly different versions--one in English, one in German. Jannings plays a stuffy bourgeois professor who goes to a club to see the chanteuse that his students are crazy about. He becomes obsessed with her, marries her, loses his job, and becames a clown in her act--a scene of squirmy power. Dietrich couldn't act at the end of her career, and she can't act at the beginning, either. It doesn't matter, she's mesmerizing.
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EvenflowSith Registered: May '01	Date Posted: 7/1/06 1:47am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Blue Angel" (1930)
	Haunting film. Dietrich is yummy, though. -----signature----- "Listen to the bell, Grossbard. It tolls for thee."
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Zombi_2_1979 Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 7/1/06 8:19am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Blue Angel" (1930)
	To quote Zaz once again, "On ze list!"
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/2/06 8:36pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Blue Angel" (1930)
	Next: "L'Age d'Or" ("The Age of Gold)(1930) France; B & W; 60 m.; Directed by: Luis Bunuel Screenplay by: Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel Music: Georges Van Parys Photography: Albert Duverger Cast: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys After the succes d'estime of "La Chien Andalou", Dali and Bunuel wrote another movie--feature length this time, and the Vicomte de Noailles financed it. The book doesn't tell me enough to figure out what's about, though I gather it's surrealistic in style. Withdrawn in 1934, and not released in North America until 1979.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/2/06 9:08pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "L'Age d'Or" (1930)
	These all go on the list. I've seen pieces of Pandora's Box, enough to solidify Louise Brooks in my mind as one of the most incredible subjects of all time. Stunningly gorgeous. Steamboat Bill Jr. is, for my money, Keaton's best. The hurricane finale is brilliant but the earlier sections, involving Keaton and his father interacting are very funny as well. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Terr_Mys Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 7/2/06 9:19pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "L'Age d'Or" (1930)
	I saw "L'Age d'Or" earlier this year. Definitely surrealistic. Deals a lot with repressed / socially unacceptable desires. The film opens with a documentary-style description of a particular deadly scorpion, which somehow serves as a metaphor for the rest of the film. I don't remember much more than that...not really my cup of tea... My favourite part of the film was actually the music. Beautiful soundtrack. -----signature----- Many Bothans died to bring us this information... http://verseau.wordpress.com/ http://flickr.com/photos/verseau/collections/ All Hail Cliegg's Blue Leg!
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/3/06 9:49pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "L'Age d'Or" (1930) - Date Edited: 7/3/06 9:51pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	"L'Age d'Or" sounds good. Next: "Earth" ("Zemlya")(1930) Russia; B & W; 75 m.; Silent. Directed by: Aleksandr Dovzhenko Screenplay by: Aleksandr Dovzhenko Music: Lev Revutsky (restored version) Photography: Daniil Demutsky Cast: A great many Russians with very long names Every account of this film that I've read say it is a masterpiece. And guess what the subject is? A Ukrainian village gets a tractor, basically. If that sounds dull, wait a minute. Here's the book: "No summary can do justice to the extraordinary sensuality of the film...Dovzhenko brings together themes of birth, death, harvest, progress and solidarity..." Very hard film to see, and I've had no luck so far.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/4/06 7:28pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Earth" (1930)
	Next: "Little Caesar" (1930) USA; B & W; 79 m. Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Hal B. Wallis Screenplay by: Francis Faragoh, Robert N. Lee from the novel by W. R. Burnett Music: Erno Rapee Photography: Tony Gaudio Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Glenda Farrell According to the book, this movie 'a scornful look at free enterprise carried to an extreme' ie. a metaphor for the crash of the stock market. Robinson is apparently very dynamic in the title role. I've seen the famous clip: "Mother of God! Is this the end of Rico?" but nothing else.
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Zombi_2_1979 Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 7/4/06 8:43pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Little Caesar" (1930)
	I've seen this and thought it was pretty good. But there is a whole school of 30s crime films.
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Palpateen Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 7/4/06 11:51pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Little Caesar" (1930)
	Wasn't this the film that put Edward G. Robinson on the map? -----signature----- The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they do turn.
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Zombi_2_1979 Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 7/5/06 9:11am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Little Caesar" (1930)
	Palpateen posted: Wasn't this the film that put Edward G. Robinson on the map? Yeah basically, and typecast him as a heavy baddie.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/5/06 10:07pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Little Caesar" (1930)
	Next: "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) USA; B & W; 131 m. Directed by: Lewis Milestone Produced by: Carl Laemmle, jr. Screenplay by: Erich Maria Remarque, Maxwell Anderson Music: David Broekman, Sam Perry, Heinz Roemheld Photography: Arthur Edeson, Karl Freund Oscar: Best Picture, Best Director Cast: Lewis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, Beryl Mercer Famous anti-war film, seen from the German POV in WWI. A denunciation of militarism and nationalism, with spectacular battle scenes. Lew Ayres is only 21 years old at this time (the lesson of this film took with him; he was a conscientious objector in WWII, which ironically nearly ended his career). The last shot is famous, so is Sergei Eisenstein's sneering assessment: "A good PhD thesis." He's too harsh.
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TheBoogieMan Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 7/6/06 7:02am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930)
	A brilliant, moving film. It has been called "the standard by which all anti-war films are marked", and I have to agree. One of my absolute favourite films, and not just because I happen to agree with the message. The 1979 remake was good, too, but not great. But of course the novel destroys them all.
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yankee8255 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 7/6/06 7:16am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930)
	One of my favorite books. The movie certainly does it justice. The John-Boy Walton remake isn't bad either.
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