Tag Archives: Silent

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:43 am by Jeff Kuykendall

When movies learned to talk, they forgot how to see. The advent of sound was such a distraction that elegant story construction through visuals was temporarily a lost art. Just watch The Thief of Bagdad (1924) to be reminded of … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Moroder’s “Metropolis” Re-Released

Posted on August 16, 2011 at 6:52 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Well, now that Kino has released on Blu-Ray the most complete version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis ever to be seen since its original screenings, can the book finally be closed on Rotwang and Robot Maria? Almost. There’s still the problematic case … Continue reading →

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Early Hitchcock-Related Silent Discovered

Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:40 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive this week announced that they have uncovered the first thirty minutes of The White Shadow, a 1924 silent film for which a young Alfred Hitchcock served as writer, assistant … Continue reading →

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