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3W4D - One Film: Emma Edition
I'm out of ideas.
Emma (dot) 2020. Great costuming. Seriously.
The vibes are immaculate. Interesting shots. They understand the source material, not dissimilar to P&P '95. There's some "Darcy jumps in a lake scene", erhm, scenes.
Yeah, it's quality.
Emma (dot) 2020. Great costuming. Seriously.
The vibes are immaculate. Interesting shots. They understand the source material, not dissimilar to P&P '95. There's some "Darcy jumps in a lake scene", erhm, scenes.
Yeah, it's quality.
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3W4D - One Film: It is a truth universally acknowledged... Edition
Gotten around to it, finally. The 1940 film with Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier.
It's very different from the back (based on play apparently, maybe that's where all the changes are from), everyone is dressed in Gone With the Wind's hand-me-downs and there's copious amounts of exposition (which is normal). But it's a charming little thing.
I really liked the super-epic carriage race at the beginning, the archery scene (wut; also, isn't there an Emma adaptation with archery? If so, did they get it from here?), and my favourite scene: Elizabeth playing at Lady Catherine de Bourgh (esteemed patroness) and Darcy is all heart eyes (he's quite affectionate towards her after the "she's torable" bit), and their exchange is GOLD! His face!
(Noticed that on all P&P adaptations I've seen, my favourite scenes all take place at Rosings. Hmm...)
It's very different from the back (based on play apparently, maybe that's where all the changes are from), everyone is dressed in Gone With the Wind's hand-me-downs and there's copious amounts of exposition (which is normal). But it's a charming little thing.
I really liked the super-epic carriage race at the beginning, the archery scene (wut; also, isn't there an Emma adaptation with archery? If so, did they get it from here?), and my favourite scene: Elizabeth playing at Lady Catherine de Bourgh (esteemed patroness) and Darcy is all heart eyes (he's quite affectionate towards her after the "she's torable" bit), and their exchange is GOLD! His face!
(Noticed that on all P&P adaptations I've seen, my favourite scenes all take place at Rosings. Hmm...)
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3W4D - Three Films: Diary Edition
At the recommendation of a friend (who knows I like Jane Austen), I watched the Bridget Jones Trilogy. Apparently there's a fourth one, but I didn't know that then.
It's Pride and Prejudice modern AU in film format, to the point they got Colin Firth to play, wait for it, Mark Darcy. Subtle lol.
It reminds me of Clueless (the Emma modern AU film). It's very of its time. Very 2000s. The first film especially (but the second one features more material THAT WOULD NOT fly well today. At least, I hope it wouldn't. "These are old, outworn prejudices, they do not belong in Today." as my darling once said.)
They're fine. The third one is trash though. But damn, does Colin Firth age like fine wine.
It's Pride and Prejudice modern AU in film format, to the point they got Colin Firth to play, wait for it, Mark Darcy. Subtle lol.
It reminds me of Clueless (the Emma modern AU film). It's very of its time. Very 2000s. The first film especially (but the second one features more material THAT WOULD NOT fly well today. At least, I hope it wouldn't. "These are old, outworn prejudices, they do not belong in Today." as my darling once said.)
They're fine. The third one is trash though. But damn, does Colin Firth age like fine wine.
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3W4D - One Film: Wet Edition (and bonus)
Moana was enough. I liked it.
Moana 2 was bleh.
I'm tired of Disney sequels. Have been for years. (Cinderella 3 my beloved, though.)
The whole thing just felt pointless. The new characters are pointless. The villain wasn't, surprise, the villain, but a pawn in the big bad villain's plan. There's a pointless little kid. The songs feel the same (they even reuse one of them from the first film!). The animation is standard modern Disney fare.
Just, sigh. Eisner did say all they needed to do was just make money. They had no obligation to make art. And even when he was at the helm, they made art. I love Beauty and the Beast, it's one of my favourite films, point. But they are living that quote to the max now.
Bonus: The Miracle of Sound is a short produced by MGM about sound technology. For 5 minutes. (Extra bonus: Technicolour with Greer Garson. No explanations about the technology. They were just showing off). The rest is ads for upcoming films. There's classic like The Philadelphia Story and *shudders* Escape. That one is great, Conrad Veidt looks like he really needs to take a dump, but he can only do it at home, so he's just eagerly waiting for the filming to stop for the day.
Hey, he would find it funny.
And we didn't even get to see a picture of his voice! Shameful, MGM. Shameful! No pride on having THE German Cinema (as Michael Powell put it) at your disposal.
Anyway, my fav ad has to be the one for A Woman's Face. It's just a picture of Joan Crawford. "Happily starring in A Woman's Face". She's very happy alright. Until MGM tossed the film under the bus.
Moana 2 was bleh.
I'm tired of Disney sequels. Have been for years. (Cinderella 3 my beloved, though.)
The whole thing just felt pointless. The new characters are pointless. The villain wasn't, surprise, the villain, but a pawn in the big bad villain's plan. There's a pointless little kid. The songs feel the same (they even reuse one of them from the first film!). The animation is standard modern Disney fare.
Just, sigh. Eisner did say all they needed to do was just make money. They had no obligation to make art. And even when he was at the helm, they made art. I love Beauty and the Beast, it's one of my favourite films, point. But they are living that quote to the max now.
Bonus: The Miracle of Sound is a short produced by MGM about sound technology. For 5 minutes. (Extra bonus: Technicolour with Greer Garson. No explanations about the technology. They were just showing off). The rest is ads for upcoming films. There's classic like The Philadelphia Story and *shudders* Escape. That one is great, Conrad Veidt looks like he really needs to take a dump, but he can only do it at home, so he's just eagerly waiting for the filming to stop for the day.
Hey, he would find it funny.
And we didn't even get to see a picture of his voice! Shameful, MGM. Shameful! No pride on having THE German Cinema (as Michael Powell put it) at your disposal.
Anyway, my fav ad has to be the one for A Woman's Face. It's just a picture of Joan Crawford. "Happily starring in A Woman's Face". She's very happy alright. Until MGM tossed the film under the bus.
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3D4D - One Film: War Is Hell Edition
I, um, fricked up. So let me make up for posting that fic elsewhere.
Nayola is based on a play by José Eduardo Agualusa and Mia Couto. About three women: the grandmother who encourages (and regrets it) her son-in-law to join the civil war, the mother who spends years and years away, searching for her seemingly dead husband, and the daughter who was left behind and becomes an activist and musician (and his targeted by the police).
It jumps back and forth from the 90s to the present day, and to help illustrate that, the film is both 2d-animated (for the past) and 3d-computer-animated (for the present-day). There are sequences that employ some sort of mixed media (Nayola briefly becomes a live-action/animation hybrid in actual historical footage for a scene). The 2d animation is beautiful, the backgrounds especially. With just a few strokes, they paint a complete, textured, vibrant and yet muted environmemt. Cities are destroyed and dull, but in nature, the colours are saturated, even when there's characters dying. The 3d animation is (and I'm saying this with much love in my heart) similar to early 2000s point 'n' click games.
And it works! The character designs, which don't change across the entire film, are highly stylised (I was going to say they had a French quality to them, and yep, film was co-produced with France).
And the "camera" work is so dynamic. There's this sweeping, low shot as Nayola and (oh damn, I forgot his name, but he knew Nayola's husband), along with the rest of the crew, are being gunned down by a plane, and person after person are dropping like flies and it's gut-wrenching.
There's this exchange between an uncle and nephew fighting for opposite sides that's so simple. Or that, despite Yara's (Nayola's daughter) seeming disconnected from her mother, she still clings to her diary. And she's fighting for a freerer country, in her own way. She raps. She may also be queer (I saw the pin on her rucksack).
The voice cast was solid, but the sound mixing on the copy I watched was a bit odd in the beginning (still love you RTP).
Yet, there's something esoteric about it. It's hinted throughout the film, and then it goes all out in the ending. I'm not quite sure what happened. I'm not familiar with the OG play. I don't think that's a bad thing.
2022 was they year of the full-length animated Portuguese film. This, alongside Os Demónios do Meu Avô were both great! And it pains me to know barely anyone has seen them.
Unless it's a crass comedy, Portuguese films (point) get limited releases in very specific theatres that not everyone has access to. And don't get me started on home media releases! Demónios still hasn't had any sort of release (had to watch it through the film renting thing built in on cable), and Nayola just so happened to be screened on my lovely RTP (our state-owned TV channel chain).
What I'm saying is, more money needs to be invested in culture here.
Nayola is based on a play by José Eduardo Agualusa and Mia Couto. About three women: the grandmother who encourages (and regrets it) her son-in-law to join the civil war, the mother who spends years and years away, searching for her seemingly dead husband, and the daughter who was left behind and becomes an activist and musician (and his targeted by the police).
It jumps back and forth from the 90s to the present day, and to help illustrate that, the film is both 2d-animated (for the past) and 3d-computer-animated (for the present-day). There are sequences that employ some sort of mixed media (Nayola briefly becomes a live-action/animation hybrid in actual historical footage for a scene). The 2d animation is beautiful, the backgrounds especially. With just a few strokes, they paint a complete, textured, vibrant and yet muted environmemt. Cities are destroyed and dull, but in nature, the colours are saturated, even when there's characters dying. The 3d animation is (and I'm saying this with much love in my heart) similar to early 2000s point 'n' click games.
And it works! The character designs, which don't change across the entire film, are highly stylised (I was going to say they had a French quality to them, and yep, film was co-produced with France).
And the "camera" work is so dynamic. There's this sweeping, low shot as Nayola and (oh damn, I forgot his name, but he knew Nayola's husband), along with the rest of the crew, are being gunned down by a plane, and person after person are dropping like flies and it's gut-wrenching.
There's this exchange between an uncle and nephew fighting for opposite sides that's so simple. Or that, despite Yara's (Nayola's daughter) seeming disconnected from her mother, she still clings to her diary. And she's fighting for a freerer country, in her own way. She raps. She may also be queer (I saw the pin on her rucksack).
The voice cast was solid, but the sound mixing on the copy I watched was a bit odd in the beginning (still love you RTP).
Yet, there's something esoteric about it. It's hinted throughout the film, and then it goes all out in the ending. I'm not quite sure what happened. I'm not familiar with the OG play. I don't think that's a bad thing.
2022 was they year of the full-length animated Portuguese film. This, alongside Os Demónios do Meu Avô were both great! And it pains me to know barely anyone has seen them.
Unless it's a crass comedy, Portuguese films (point) get limited releases in very specific theatres that not everyone has access to. And don't get me started on home media releases! Demónios still hasn't had any sort of release (had to watch it through the film renting thing built in on cable), and Nayola just so happened to be screened on my lovely RTP (our state-owned TV channel chain).
What I'm saying is, more money needs to be invested in culture here.
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3W4D - One Film: Conclave Edition
And the Pope died two days later after I watched it.
Anyway, I get the hype. It's beautifully shot and suspenseful. My dad and my mother, who thought it was going to be a boring dud, were glued to the screen.
Possibly the nicest time we've spent together in these past few years.
(Carlos Diehz, who played Benitez, was great and everyone praising his performance is right!)
Anyway, I get the hype. It's beautifully shot and suspenseful. My dad and my mother, who thought it was going to be a boring dud, were glued to the screen.
Possibly the nicest time we've spent together in these past few years.
(Carlos Diehz, who played Benitez, was great and everyone praising his performance is right!)
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3W4D - One Film: Godamm Bette Edition
Because I loved her in Now Voyager. Heck, I'm a Davis convert now! (Still haven't seen her in Of Human Bondage; a crime, it seems.)
A surprisingly modern film about a woman who's psychologically abused by her controlling mother healing and coming to terms with herself.
Finally decided to watch it, prompted by, funnily enough, this wonderful review of A Woman's Face. I agree, Charlotte's ending is better.
I dunno, I suck at writing. Can't quite express how it made me feel. And I know it's "bad" to talk about art in a personal, "navel-gazing" way, but what is art if not feeling? I laughed and cried and awed at how great the performances are.
Oh, and Nancy Drew is there. If I had a nickel for everytime she showed up unannounced in some I watched film to be bitchy (and be really good at it) I would have to nickels, yada yada...
A surprisingly modern film about a woman who's psychologically abused by her controlling mother healing and coming to terms with herself.
Finally decided to watch it, prompted by, funnily enough, this wonderful review of A Woman's Face. I agree, Charlotte's ending is better.
I dunno, I suck at writing. Can't quite express how it made me feel. And I know it's "bad" to talk about art in a personal, "navel-gazing" way, but what is art if not feeling? I laughed and cried and awed at how great the performances are.
Oh, and Nancy Drew is there. If I had a nickel for everytime she showed up unannounced in some I watched film to be bitchy (and be really good at it) I would have to nickels, yada yada...
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3W4D - One Film: Women Edition
I was recommended The Women because I liked A Woman's Face (with it being directed by George Cukor and having Joan Crawford in the cast).
Like A Woman's Face, the film doesn't get to be the best it can be because of the Hays Code. Unlike A Woman's Face, the heteronormativity seeps throughout the film, instead of being concentrated in the ending. Mary dear, I know you still love him and you have a child together and she hates her new stepmother, but your ex-man sucks.
But wow, the performances are top-notch. Seriously. And the dialogue is cracking. "But Sci, it's all women being horrible to eachother!" But I love it. "She did NOT just say THAT!", I kept shouting to the TV. Hollering. Guess I'm a closeted drama fan lol.
I was not expecting a colour sequence! There's a bit in which the friend group goes to a fashion show and it's exploding in colour! It was lovely!
Like A Woman's Face, the film doesn't get to be the best it can be because of the Hays Code. Unlike A Woman's Face, the heteronormativity seeps throughout the film, instead of being concentrated in the ending. Mary dear, I know you still love him and you have a child together and she hates her new stepmother, but your ex-man sucks.
But wow, the performances are top-notch. Seriously. And the dialogue is cracking. "But Sci, it's all women being horrible to eachother!" But I love it. "She did NOT just say THAT!", I kept shouting to the TV. Hollering. Guess I'm a closeted drama fan lol.
I was not expecting a colour sequence! There's a bit in which the friend group goes to a fashion show and it's exploding in colour! It was lovely!
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3W4D - One Film: Cat Edition
It's Puss in Boots: The Last Wish time! It only took 5 years or smth...
Dreamworks really is upping their game. The stylised animation they have going on as of late is great! Varying framerates and action sequences are neat too.
It isn't just style, the story certainly packs a punch. A huge punch. No, I wasn't crying, no.
Dreamworks really is upping their game. The stylised animation they have going on as of late is great! Varying framerates and action sequences are neat too.
It isn't just style, the story certainly packs a punch. A huge punch. No, I wasn't crying, no.
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3W4D - One Film (two actually)
I'll try and do one post a day for Three Weeks For Dreamwidth *sweats nervously*. I don't really know what I'm doing, but for now, I guess I'll write about films.
I saw Jack for the first time earlier this month and didn't like it.
I like weird films, with tonal dissonance, and I like Robin Williams. But I couldn't get behind this at all (and it appears to be the consensus). It was an uncomfortable, gross watch.
Meanwhile, Lazzaro felice was good. Beautiful to look at. Great performances. A bit mindfuck, but the good kind. Glad I gave it a second watch.
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I saw Jack for the first time earlier this month and didn't like it.
I like weird films, with tonal dissonance, and I like Robin Williams. But I couldn't get behind this at all (and it appears to be the consensus). It was an uncomfortable, gross watch.
Meanwhile, Lazzaro felice was good. Beautiful to look at. Great performances. A bit mindfuck, but the good kind. Glad I gave it a second watch.
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Fanfic: Flowers
Title: Flowers
Rating: General
Fandom: Un Matrimonio Interplanetario (1910)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Aldovino/Mars Astronomer's Daughter
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: not really
Note: For the "Cup of Gold" square on my Public Domain Bingo card (2025).
Get it, 'cause flowers?
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Rating: General
Fandom: Un Matrimonio Interplanetario (1910)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Aldovino/Mars Astronomer's Daughter
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: not really
Note: For the "Cup of Gold" square on my Public Domain Bingo card (2025).
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Assortment
Feeling better. Joint pain creams are a blessing.
Ida Lupino with bonus Conrad Veidt giving autographs (link goes to Alamy). Funny and adorable faces warning :D
Half-watched 2 random Italian films that I had to look up the name of. Rapito (2023) and Lazzaro felice (2018) (this last one I thought was much older at first). And with half-watching I mean I caught them halfway through. Will say, Lazzaro is a beautiful-looking film (the bits I'vr seen that is.
Saw Coppola's Jack too. Blergh.
Have a publicity pic from Le Joueur d'échecs.
Ida Lupino with bonus Conrad Veidt giving autographs (link goes to Alamy). Funny and adorable faces warning :D
Half-watched 2 random Italian films that I had to look up the name of. Rapito (2023) and Lazzaro felice (2018) (this last one I thought was much older at first). And with half-watching I mean I caught them halfway through. Will say, Lazzaro is a beautiful-looking film (the bits I'vr seen that is.
Saw Coppola's Jack too. Blergh.
Have a publicity pic from Le Joueur d'échecs.
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Belated Post About Films I Watched Weeks Ago
Der Schwarze Husar
The French are hunting down all of the Black Husars. That won't stop Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg on his mission to rescue his duke's fiancé, who Napoleon wants to marry off with a Polish prince.
It's run-of-the-mill light adventure fare. A bit funny, a bit dramatic. And if you like that trope of "my duty above my personal feelings", you get that here too. Heck, I even thought one of the main characters was going to die!
Erroneously, I called it a musical; operetta would be a better descriptor. Barely. There's only two songs, and one reprise.
Was pleased by the lack of blatant nationalism (it's still there, but it wasn't as in your face as in *groan* Die Letzte Kompagnie). Interesting how, the year before, we saw Herr Veidt as a piggish Metternich (Metterpig?) and Napoleon being treated very favourably in Der Kongress Tanzt, and here is the complete opposite.
It was nice seeing Mady Christians again (playing another royal, no less). Very pleased to know that she was a) also a Reinhardt alumni, b) was one of the many 1930s emigrés from Germany (she opposed the regime) and c) probably queer. She's quite good!
Everyone was quite good, in fact. The characters are fun, the jokes are light, but they land. German comedy is an acquired taste for most people, but this film's comedy feels more universal?
(And because I couldn't help myself... Hansgeorg in the streets, Hanswhoreg in the sheets. But he can be Hanswhoreg in the streets if he finds the opportunity.
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This is the ONE bit everyone talks about and just... sir... she just wanted to see your wound...)
Landstraße und Großstadt
Two musicians and their lady friend rise from rags to riches, then disaster strikes.
If you told me earlier last year I would be watching this, I wouldn't have believed you. While it is just a regular drama, with themes of greed, love of art and poverty, the novelty of watching a film that has been unavailable for years doesn't get old.
This one of those "Romantic with a capital R" Connie films.
Der Mann, der den Mord Beging
Colonel Marquis of Sévigné arrives at Constantinople to insctruct the Turkish army. He meets Lord Falkland and his wife, who is mistreated by Falkland.
A very quiet affair, with uninspired dialogue. What makes it enjoyable is, despite the blah script, all actors are excellent. Connie, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George especially.
And Connie! This is the most restrained I've seen him (alongside Passing and Chess Player). He ate all the Yorkshire ham he usually brings with him. You can definitely feel Sévigné is a man struggling with his emotions, swallowing all the rage he feels regarsing Falkland's behaviour, all the love he feels for Lady Falkland.
There's some light orientalism. Murder happens only at the end. I had high hopes which were not met, if I'm going to be honest.
Ingmarsarvet
Ingmar wanted to become a schoolteacher, but during a storm, his ancestors speak to him. He decides to leave his career behind and get the farm that used to bwlong to his family. Meanwhile, a cult starts and they want to go to Jerusalem.
My knowledge of Selma Lagerlöf's work starts and stops at The Treasure. But there's an atmosphere to it that is perfectly replicated in Ingmarsarvet. What a gorgeous film! What a gorgeous restoration!
It's a slow, introspective film.
Die Andere Seite
Liutenant Raleigh is excited and bubbly, and he got transfered to the company of Captain Stanhope. Raleigh has a high opinion of Stanhope, but Stanhope is disillusioned, riddled with PTSD and alcoholism.
I... I feel empty...
Sweeping shots in the trenches are claustrophobic. Conrad Veidt fought in WWI and it shows. I think it may be my favourite performance he ever gave in a German talkie.
War is hell.
Der Gang in die Nacht
My dear Murnau!
This is the earliest film directed by Murnau that's available and it does feel like the start of something great.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, and angsty as hell.
Dr. Börne cheats on his fiancé Hélène with dancer Lily. He and Lily get married and go live in a little town (it's a quiet village). There's an unnamed, blind painter there, and Lily is very, very attracted to him (also scared, because of how attracted she is?). I don't blame her, have you looked at him?
byfilmforfancy, sorry about the watermark, but it's what I can get.
I was disappointed about Hélène's character, who seems to disappear in the second half of the film.
Above Suspicion
I didn't want to watch this at first. It's a postumous release, and Connie was ill (you could tell, in hindsight, that he was), and I thought I was going to be brought to tears. It would be like a certain day back in June all over again.
But I was pleaseantly surprised by how fun this film was?? Sure, there's some dated elements, but it was a ride.
"Richard, we're spies :D" lives in my head now.
And I looooove Hassert "Shows Up to Save Everyone Then Leaves" Seidel, our good Austrian. He dances (those hips!), he loves toeture weapons, he's a city guide, he has a thing for being stepped on?? He noms, he snarks, he runs through the night in shorts! Connie is having the time of his life. He seldom got a break from big bad Nazis, and he got to play a chaotic good guy!
And I'm angry. So angry. He and Basil Rathbone's character (Sig) never interacted. They were friends IRL and are acting in the same film but don't even get one scene together. (Can you imagine the shenanigans BTS?)
I'm doing the ranking of all of Herr Veidt's films soon.
The French are hunting down all of the Black Husars. That won't stop Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg on his mission to rescue his duke's fiancé, who Napoleon wants to marry off with a Polish prince.
It's run-of-the-mill light adventure fare. A bit funny, a bit dramatic. And if you like that trope of "my duty above my personal feelings", you get that here too. Heck, I even thought one of the main characters was going to die!
Erroneously, I called it a musical; operetta would be a better descriptor. Barely. There's only two songs, and one reprise.
Was pleased by the lack of blatant nationalism (it's still there, but it wasn't as in your face as in *groan* Die Letzte Kompagnie). Interesting how, the year before, we saw Herr Veidt as a piggish Metternich (Metterpig?) and Napoleon being treated very favourably in Der Kongress Tanzt, and here is the complete opposite.
It was nice seeing Mady Christians again (playing another royal, no less). Very pleased to know that she was a) also a Reinhardt alumni, b) was one of the many 1930s emigrés from Germany (she opposed the regime) and c) probably queer. She's quite good!
Everyone was quite good, in fact. The characters are fun, the jokes are light, but they land. German comedy is an acquired taste for most people, but this film's comedy feels more universal?
(And because I couldn't help myself... Hansgeorg in the streets, Hanswhoreg in the sheets. But he can be Hanswhoreg in the streets if he finds the opportunity.
by
This is the ONE bit everyone talks about and just... sir... she just wanted to see your wound...)
Landstraße und Großstadt
Two musicians and their lady friend rise from rags to riches, then disaster strikes.
If you told me earlier last year I would be watching this, I wouldn't have believed you. While it is just a regular drama, with themes of greed, love of art and poverty, the novelty of watching a film that has been unavailable for years doesn't get old.
This one of those "Romantic with a capital R" Connie films.
Der Mann, der den Mord Beging
Colonel Marquis of Sévigné arrives at Constantinople to insctruct the Turkish army. He meets Lord Falkland and his wife, who is mistreated by Falkland.
A very quiet affair, with uninspired dialogue. What makes it enjoyable is, despite the blah script, all actors are excellent. Connie, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George especially.
And Connie! This is the most restrained I've seen him (alongside Passing and Chess Player). He ate all the Yorkshire ham he usually brings with him. You can definitely feel Sévigné is a man struggling with his emotions, swallowing all the rage he feels regarsing Falkland's behaviour, all the love he feels for Lady Falkland.
There's some light orientalism. Murder happens only at the end. I had high hopes which were not met, if I'm going to be honest.
Ingmarsarvet
Ingmar wanted to become a schoolteacher, but during a storm, his ancestors speak to him. He decides to leave his career behind and get the farm that used to bwlong to his family. Meanwhile, a cult starts and they want to go to Jerusalem.
My knowledge of Selma Lagerlöf's work starts and stops at The Treasure. But there's an atmosphere to it that is perfectly replicated in Ingmarsarvet. What a gorgeous film! What a gorgeous restoration!
It's a slow, introspective film.
Die Andere Seite
Liutenant Raleigh is excited and bubbly, and he got transfered to the company of Captain Stanhope. Raleigh has a high opinion of Stanhope, but Stanhope is disillusioned, riddled with PTSD and alcoholism.
I... I feel empty...
Sweeping shots in the trenches are claustrophobic. Conrad Veidt fought in WWI and it shows. I think it may be my favourite performance he ever gave in a German talkie.
War is hell.
Der Gang in die Nacht
My dear Murnau!
This is the earliest film directed by Murnau that's available and it does feel like the start of something great.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, and angsty as hell.
Dr. Börne cheats on his fiancé Hélène with dancer Lily. He and Lily get married and go live in a little town (it's a quiet village). There's an unnamed, blind painter there, and Lily is very, very attracted to him (also scared, because of how attracted she is?). I don't blame her, have you looked at him?
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I was disappointed about Hélène's character, who seems to disappear in the second half of the film.
Above Suspicion
I didn't want to watch this at first. It's a postumous release, and Connie was ill (you could tell, in hindsight, that he was), and I thought I was going to be brought to tears. It would be like a certain day back in June all over again.
But I was pleaseantly surprised by how fun this film was?? Sure, there's some dated elements, but it was a ride.
"Richard, we're spies :D" lives in my head now.
And I looooove Hassert "Shows Up to Save Everyone Then Leaves" Seidel, our good Austrian. He dances (those hips!), he loves toeture weapons, he's a city guide, he has a thing for being stepped on?? He noms, he snarks, he runs through the night in shorts! Connie is having the time of his life. He seldom got a break from big bad Nazis, and he got to play a chaotic good guy!
And I'm angry. So angry. He and Basil Rathbone's character (Sig) never interacted. They were friends IRL and are acting in the same film but don't even get one scene together. (Can you imagine the shenanigans BTS?)
I'm doing the ranking of all of Herr Veidt's films soon.
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As always, very tired and down. I am, however, in tears, because Fátima Opera Rock. Just... Wow...
I'm just surprised it's a thing. Portugal is extremely catholic, I wonder what the reception will be. (My mother thought Jesus Christ Superstar was blasphemy o_o)
Forgot to share. For the occasion of William Russell's 100th birthday!
Because he did play Mr. Rochester in a stage production of Jane Eyre! All the pics suck, so artistic liberties were taken.
I miss him.
I haven't progressed in the Veidtwatch much. Not because I'm tired of him (oh never; if that happens, consider that my evil mirror self has killed me and took my place). It's just... people... they drain me...
Screw that, look at this! Gigantic Conrad Veidt film cycle! In 2018. Sigh.
It's 30+ films that range from easy to find to "you have to ask the right people to get it" (alas, Dida Ibsen and Christian Wahnschaffe are stuck in archive hell, and therefore unavailable to us mere mortals). The first film shown was Ich und die Kaiserin even!
You bet I would skip all my examsand rob a bank haha just kidding to be there. If I knew about it. No wonder no one told me, I would've been even more insufferable lol
Didn't do very well, apparently, that's a shame.
Here's the programme in PDF. Warning: Veidt Stare (TM).
Another thing to turn me into an insufferable bastard that makes people complain when I'm not looking probs.
HD digitalisations! So shiny and HD! Sadly, we only get clips...
Films that tickle my fancy for obvious reasons:
There's also clips for Alraune and Ariane, which also caught my eye.
EDIT: Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926) and Die Letzte Kompagnie (1930) have also been digitised. And what in the world is Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari??
For the past two weeks I've been writing, in a fugue state, what can only be described as "weird Oberaertz thing". Very self-indulgent. Also almost 2k words long and I'm still in the beginning. If people are allowed write their self-indulgences, so can I!
I'm just surprised it's a thing. Portugal is extremely catholic, I wonder what the reception will be. (My mother thought Jesus Christ Superstar was blasphemy o_o)
Forgot to share. For the occasion of William Russell's 100th birthday!
Because he did play Mr. Rochester in a stage production of Jane Eyre! All the pics suck, so artistic liberties were taken.
I miss him.
I haven't progressed in the Veidtwatch much. Not because I'm tired of him (oh never; if that happens, consider that my evil mirror self has killed me and took my place). It's just... people... they drain me...
Screw that, look at this! Gigantic Conrad Veidt film cycle! In 2018. Sigh.
It's 30+ films that range from easy to find to "you have to ask the right people to get it" (alas, Dida Ibsen and Christian Wahnschaffe are stuck in archive hell, and therefore unavailable to us mere mortals). The first film shown was Ich und die Kaiserin even!
You bet I would skip all my exams
Didn't do very well, apparently, that's a shame.
Here's the programme in PDF. Warning: Veidt Stare (TM).
Since 1 January 2019, the Film Heritage Funding Programme (FFE) of the BKM, the federal states and the FFA has been providing up to 10 million euros annually for the digitisation of cinema films for a period of ten years.
For the feature-length fiction and documentary films in this funding programme, filmportal.de is providing the respective film beginnings. An overview of all funded films on filmportal.de can be found here.
Further information can be found at www.ffa.de
Another thing to turn me into an insufferable bastard that makes people complain when I'm not looking probs.
HD digitalisations! So shiny and HD! Sadly, we only get clips...
Films that tickle my fancy for obvious reasons:
- Der Reigen (1920) starring the great Asta Nielsen! There are thirty minutes of the film on YouTube in very nice quality (conpared to the Internet Archive one; it's a full copy, but it's smudged).
- Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931), which I haven't seen yet (saving it for the end). It's night and day. Or it would be if...
- Der Schwarze Husar (1932) wasn't digitised. Holy.
- Ich und die Kaiserin (1933) also got the same treatmemt. Please Murnau Institute, give us the Blu-Ray!
There's also clips for Alraune and Ariane, which also caught my eye.
EDIT: Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926) and Die Letzte Kompagnie (1930) have also been digitised. And what in the world is Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari??
For the past two weeks I've been writing, in a fugue state, what can only be described as "weird Oberaertz thing". Very self-indulgent. Also almost 2k words long and I'm still in the beginning. If people are allowed write their self-indulgences, so can I!
Random Film Meme Rescued from LJ
What's the most depressing movie you've ever watched?
Off the top of my head, The War Zone (1999). Proceed with caution when searching it.
What's the most disturbing movie you've ever watched?
See above: The War Zone (1999). And Mommie Dearest (1981).
Let me get this clear: I'm solely judging it as a film. And I don't see the fun camp everyone talks about.
There are scenes that are so close to certains moments of my life, it's uncanny. The bathroom scene... that godamn bathroom scene...
An actor/actress you've seen in more than 8 movies? Name the movies.
My beloved Jacqueline Hill only made 2 films, and Conrad Veidt is oh, so predictable, let's bring an old favourite.
Folks, Mr. William Russell:
A film you could watch on repeat for the rest of your life?
The Back to the Future trilogy, Ghostbusters (1984), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Coraline (2009) (so, my top faves lol).
Mulan (1998) is also like that, and I have no idea why. I used to watch The Blue Parrot (1953) every single night, back when my insomnia was horrendous. And Donkey Xote (2007), but, uh, yeah.
What's the very first film you remember watching?
I remember the first time I went to the cinema. I wasn't told where we were going, the room was huge and dark. I was what, 3 years old? I panicked.
We went to see Treasure Planet (2002). I couldn't watch that film for a decade. Now I quite like it :D
A film you wish you hadn't watched?
A lot of the recent Hollywood blockbusters. They're not my jam, simple as that. But my friends want to see them, and I'm not a whiny baby.
A film you wish had a sequel?
Eh, I've seen what they've done to Caligari. They suck so bad noone remembers they exist.
Which book would you like to see adapted into a film?
Book to film adaptations are so hard to get right, though. Can't think of any.
The most aesthetically pleasing movie you've ever watched?
I love Georges Méliès films so much, I wanted a feature-length film that looked like that. Thankfully, Karel Zeman heard my future prayers in the past.
But I haven't seen any of his films, yet.
So, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Coraline (2009), Loving Vincent (2017), Suspiria (1977), Lust for Life (1956), Metropolis (1927), Nosferatu (1922), Sunrise (1927), The Student of Prague (1926) (nothing to with the main guy or anything *cough*), Spirited Away (2001), A Woman's Face (1941), The Last Performance (1929), Speed Racer (2008) and I'm going to stop because it's getting too long :P
What's your favourite movie director?
Don't have one tbh
Your favourite movie genre?
I would say science fiction, but *looks up* it would be hard to tell with all that eh?
A movie that holds a special place in your heart?
The Back to the Future trilogy. My father said "You have to watch this!" and we spent that Sunday afternoon watching it. One of my favourite memories with him.
Your favourite comedy film?
Apparently Ghostbusters (1984). Maybe Ich und die Kaiserin (1933)?
A music video you would love to see developed into a film?
I don't music videos, sorry.
(The above typo was intentional)
A film everyone loves but you hate?
The Land Before Time (1988), not because I hate it, I just don't see... whatever it is. I should love it, I love Don Bluth and dinos and yet??
A film you love but everyone else hates?
Would say Donkey Xote (2007), but nobody knows what that is. It's trash, but it's my beautiful trash <3
For something a little more well known, Dark Journey (1937). I still think it's meh, but it has grown on me. Damn you, Karl!
Which cinematic universe would you like to live in?
What, like the MCU? I don't understand??
What's your favourite biopic?
Vincent and Theo (1990), since in terms of characters it's pretty much perfect. There has never been a better Van Gogh than Tim Roth's, not only when it comes to the writing, but also the performance.
I should not have watched it at 12 lol
Mainstream movies or indie movies?
I'm not a dudebro anti-intellectual that shuns anything non-American blockbuster, but I'm not a pretentious bettet-than-thou snob. A good film is a good film. I have no preference.
Old movies or contemporary movies?
I would also say I have no preference, but I'm waaay behind on new releases, and, well, the Veidtwatch is still ongoing. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A film with an amazing soundtrack?
Will actually choose one film this time: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)'s soundtrack plays in my head everytime I need to be brave about something. Love it.
Off the top of my head, The War Zone (1999). Proceed with caution when searching it.
What's the most disturbing movie you've ever watched?
See above: The War Zone (1999). And Mommie Dearest (1981).
Let me get this clear: I'm solely judging it as a film. And I don't see the fun camp everyone talks about.
There are scenes that are so close to certains moments of my life, it's uncanny. The bathroom scene... that godamn bathroom scene...
An actor/actress you've seen in more than 8 movies? Name the movies.
My beloved Jacqueline Hill only made 2 films, and Conrad Veidt is oh, so predictable, let's bring an old favourite.
Folks, Mr. William Russell:
- The Big Chance (1957), one of my favourite films
- One Good Turn (1955), was a lot better than I expected!
- Above Us the Waves (1955), kickstarted my love for sub films
- The Great Escape (1963), the classic
- An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), hey, it's good lol
- The Gay Dog (1954), such a sweetie he is here
- Adventure Story (1961), it's the homoeroticism
- Return to Sender (1963), not good at all, but Mike Cochrane is *chef's kiss*
A film you could watch on repeat for the rest of your life?
The Back to the Future trilogy, Ghostbusters (1984), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Coraline (2009) (so, my top faves lol).
Mulan (1998) is also like that, and I have no idea why. I used to watch The Blue Parrot (1953) every single night, back when my insomnia was horrendous. And Donkey Xote (2007), but, uh, yeah.
What's the very first film you remember watching?
I remember the first time I went to the cinema. I wasn't told where we were going, the room was huge and dark. I was what, 3 years old? I panicked.
We went to see Treasure Planet (2002). I couldn't watch that film for a decade. Now I quite like it :D
A film you wish you hadn't watched?
A lot of the recent Hollywood blockbusters. They're not my jam, simple as that. But my friends want to see them, and I'm not a whiny baby.
A film you wish had a sequel?
Eh, I've seen what they've done to Caligari. They suck so bad noone remembers they exist.
Which book would you like to see adapted into a film?
Book to film adaptations are so hard to get right, though. Can't think of any.
The most aesthetically pleasing movie you've ever watched?
I love Georges Méliès films so much, I wanted a feature-length film that looked like that. Thankfully, Karel Zeman heard my future prayers in the past.
But I haven't seen any of his films, yet.
So, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Coraline (2009), Loving Vincent (2017), Suspiria (1977), Lust for Life (1956), Metropolis (1927), Nosferatu (1922), Sunrise (1927), The Student of Prague (1926) (nothing to with the main guy or anything *cough*), Spirited Away (2001), A Woman's Face (1941), The Last Performance (1929), Speed Racer (2008) and I'm going to stop because it's getting too long :P
What's your favourite movie director?
Don't have one tbh
Your favourite movie genre?
I would say science fiction, but *looks up* it would be hard to tell with all that eh?
A movie that holds a special place in your heart?
The Back to the Future trilogy. My father said "You have to watch this!" and we spent that Sunday afternoon watching it. One of my favourite memories with him.
Your favourite comedy film?
Apparently Ghostbusters (1984). Maybe Ich und die Kaiserin (1933)?
A music video you would love to see developed into a film?
I don't music videos, sorry.
(The above typo was intentional)
A film everyone loves but you hate?
The Land Before Time (1988), not because I hate it, I just don't see... whatever it is. I should love it, I love Don Bluth and dinos and yet??
A film you love but everyone else hates?
Would say Donkey Xote (2007), but nobody knows what that is. It's trash, but it's my beautiful trash <3
For something a little more well known, Dark Journey (1937). I still think it's meh, but it has grown on me. Damn you, Karl!
Which cinematic universe would you like to live in?
What, like the MCU? I don't understand??
What's your favourite biopic?
Vincent and Theo (1990), since in terms of characters it's pretty much perfect. There has never been a better Van Gogh than Tim Roth's, not only when it comes to the writing, but also the performance.
I should not have watched it at 12 lol
Mainstream movies or indie movies?
I'm not a dudebro anti-intellectual that shuns anything non-American blockbuster, but I'm not a pretentious bettet-than-thou snob. A good film is a good film. I have no preference.
Old movies or contemporary movies?
I would also say I have no preference, but I'm waaay behind on new releases, and, well, the Veidtwatch is still ongoing. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A film with an amazing soundtrack?
Will actually choose one film this time: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)'s soundtrack plays in my head everytime I need to be brave about something. Love it.
Silent Film Meme
Silent Era had a list of their top 100 silent films. So why not see how many films I've watched? The bolded titles are the seen ones. I put a little heart if I particularly loved the film.
(This goes for anyone with an interest in silent film. Memes gotta meme)
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Lightning Round of Films
With you-know-who.
It occurred to me I haven't written my thoughts about my Veidtwatch here.
( Lady Hamilton )
( Lucrezia Borgia )
( The Thief of Bagdad )
( The Wandering Jew )
( Contraband )
( A Woman's Face )
( Der Reigen )
( Dark Journey )
( I Was a Spy )
( Bella Donna )
( All Through the Night )
( The Spy in Black )
( The Men in Her Life )
( Nazi Agent )
It occurred to me I haven't written my thoughts about my Veidtwatch here.
( Lady Hamilton )
( Lucrezia Borgia )
( The Thief of Bagdad )
( The Wandering Jew )
( Contraband )
( A Woman's Face )
( Der Reigen )
( Dark Journey )
( I Was a Spy )
( Bella Donna )
( All Through the Night )
( The Spy in Black )
( The Men in Her Life )
( Nazi Agent )
