Comments on: TCM Pick O’ The Day: Sunday, March 22nd http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: HeatherY http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-367762 HeatherY Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:34:03 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-367762 I loved this film. I caught it quite a while ago on TCM. By accident I caught it again last night (I say accident because I hadn't kept up w/ BH on the weekend - could you guys post a little slower? J/K). Nice to come here after and see other related recommendations in the comments. I loved this film. I caught it quite a while ago on TCM. By accident I caught it again last night (I say accident because I hadn't kept up w/ BH on the weekend – could you guys post a little slower? J/K). Nice to come here after and see other related recommendations in the comments.

]]> By: John_McClain http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-366134 John_McClain Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:20:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-366134 Just Netflicked Sunrise, never even heard of it. The only other silent movie I have seen is "The General" with Buster Keaton. I was amazed at how funny that movie was, silent or not. Just Netflicked Sunrise, never even heard of it. The only other silent movie I have seen is "The General" with Buster Keaton. I was amazed at how funny that movie was, silent or not.

]]> By: silentmoviefan http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-362298 silentmoviefan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:50:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-362298 I saw 'City Girl' a few weeks ago, John and you really should see it. As someone else said, I thought of it as a kind of 'Sunrise' in reverse (sort of) because now you have a hard working, burnt out city girl (Mary Duncan, who ironically played the evil woman in Four Devils) who wants nothing more than to escape the big city for the country. She and Charles Farrell (Lem, the farm boy) have a lovely chemistry too. Two of my favorite moments: Duncan in her tired little one room flat next to an El track, trying to get a plant to grow and her one companion, a mechanical bird who makes her long for more; and the newlyweds running through the fields of wheat when he takes her home, the wheat as much a character as the humans. It's not 'Sunrise' but I enjoyed it a LOT! I saw 'City Girl' a few weeks ago, John and you really should see it. As someone else said, I thought of it as a kind of 'Sunrise' in reverse (sort of) because now you have a hard working, burnt out city girl (Mary Duncan, who ironically played the evil woman in Four Devils) who wants nothing more than to escape the big city for the country. She and Charles Farrell (Lem, the farm boy) have a lovely chemistry too. Two of my favorite moments: Duncan in her tired little one room flat next to an El track, trying to get a plant to grow and her one companion, a mechanical bird who makes her long for more; and the newlyweds running through the fields of wheat when he takes her home, the wheat as much a character as the humans. It's not 'Sunrise' but I enjoyed it a LOT!

]]> By: silentmoviefan http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-362238 silentmoviefan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:41:59 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-362238 Oh I'm so glad you mentioned 'Faust.' The final scenes should be required viewing of any film fan or student if only for showing love's redemptive power. (And there's Emil Jannings as Mephistopheles in one of my favorite roles for him, besides 'The Last Laugh'). Visually, it's simply gorgeous. To anyone who hasn't seen it, definitely rent it or find it on YouTube. Oh I'm so glad you mentioned 'Faust.' The final scenes should be required viewing of any film fan or student if only for showing love's redemptive power. (And there's Emil Jannings as Mephistopheles in one of my favorite roles for him, besides 'The Last Laugh'). Visually, it's simply gorgeous. To anyone who hasn't seen it, definitely rent it or find it on YouTube.

]]> By: silentmoviefan http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-362198 silentmoviefan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:38:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-362198 A bit late to the conversation, but this is one of my all-time favorite movies and in my top 5 of favorite silents. I first saw it on VHS back in the early 90's -- rented from a little quirky video store that rented foreign flicks and silent movies and other 'obscure' pieces. The moment I saw 'Sunrise' I was so enthralled, so amazed, so swept away by what Murnau was weaving, I knew that this was moviemaking as it was always intended. And considering that it came at the end of the silent era gave it even more pathos. A few Christmases ago, my sister managed to find a DVD copy for me, the one released as a special bonus if you bought God knows how many Fox movies. It is a very precious part of my collection. A bit late to the conversation, but this is one of my all-time favorite movies and in my top 5 of favorite silents. I first saw it on VHS back in the early 90's — rented from a little quirky video store that rented foreign flicks and silent movies and other 'obscure' pieces. The moment I saw 'Sunrise' I was so enthralled, so amazed, so swept away by what Murnau was weaving, I knew that this was moviemaking as it was always intended. And considering that it came at the end of the silent era gave it even more pathos. A few Christmases ago, my sister managed to find a DVD copy for me, the one released as a special bonus if you bought God knows how many Fox movies. It is a very precious part of my collection.

]]> By: Another Carolyn http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-351822 Another Carolyn Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:44:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-351822 I also saw Sunrise in a film class, but it was at the University of Arizona in 1989. My professor was a feminist who didn't know a whole lot about movies. When we watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I had to explain to her what the "dead man's hand" was. I also saw Sunrise in a film class, but it was at the University of Arizona in 1989. My professor was a feminist who didn't know a whole lot about movies. When we watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I had to explain to her what the "dead man's hand" was.

]]> By: CharlesWinecoff http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-349326 CharlesWinecoff Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:35:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-349326 Thanks for bringing this haunting film to our attention - and let's hope it never gets colorized! Absolutely amazing visuals and camerawork - created at a time when filmmakers had no easy computer-generated way out. "Sunrise" and "The Last Laugh" should both be required viewing in schools - before kids' minds are polluted by the watered-down derivative stuff that's released nowadays. Thanks for bringing this haunting film to our attention – and let's hope it never gets colorized! Absolutely amazing visuals and camerawork – created at a time when filmmakers had no easy computer-generated way out. "Sunrise" and "The Last Laugh" should both be required viewing in schools – before kids' minds are polluted by the watered-down derivative stuff that's released nowadays.

]]> By: Gina http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-349330 Gina Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:34:53 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-349330 You've convinced me -- I'll set the DVR! :-) You've convinced me — I'll set the DVR! :-)

]]> By: Golani http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-345614 Golani Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-345614 That was the one. I liked it a quite a bit too, but I can't watch it without watching the original "Nosferatu" immediately after to get the "full effect" and usually when I'm in the mood to do it, I don't have the time. I need to make time though to watch both back to back again sometime soon. Willem Dafoe was most assuredly both awesome and creepy in "Shadow of the Vampire" in my opinion. To the point where one really could believe that his Max Schreck could really be a vampire pretending to be an actor, and when they intercut to the filmed scenes it's almost seamless. More than one person I've recommened "Shadow of the Vampire" to has admitted to immediately running to the internet right afterward to Google Max Schreck to see if he ever was in anything else, and if it was filmed during the day. That to me is the mark of a both a very good and believable performance, as well as an intriguingly off center plot kernel that can stick in a viewer's mind. That was the one. I liked it a quite a bit too, but I can't watch it without watching the original "Nosferatu" immediately after to get the "full effect" and usually when I'm in the mood to do it, I don't have the time. I need to make time though to watch both back to back again sometime soon.

Willem Dafoe was most assuredly both awesome and creepy in "Shadow of the Vampire" in my opinion. To the point where one really could believe that his Max Schreck could really be a vampire pretending to be an actor, and when they intercut to the filmed scenes it's almost seamless. More than one person I've recommened "Shadow of the Vampire" to has admitted to immediately running to the internet right afterward to Google Max Schreck to see if he ever was in anything else, and if it was filmed during the day. That to me is the mark of a both a very good and believable performance, as well as an intriguingly off center plot kernel that can stick in a viewer's mind.

]]> By: Kit in Ohio http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/03/21/tcm-pick-o-the-day-sunday-march-22nd/comment-page-1/#comment-347950 Kit in Ohio Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:59:59 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=86430#comment-347950 Awesome Lawhawk! I am going to try that sometime----not with a prof, as I am too old. But Bonzo really wasn't bad---dealing with a chimp gave Reagan practice for his future role as the greatest POTUS of the 20th century---getting exasperated at Bonzo didn't helped, so by the time he dealt with Dems, he knew that the use of humor was a devastating response. Awesome Lawhawk! I am going to try that sometime—-not with a prof, as I am too old.
But Bonzo really wasn't bad—dealing with a chimp gave Reagan practice for his future role as the greatest POTUS of the 20th century—getting exasperated at Bonzo didn't helped, so by the time he dealt with Dems, he knew that the use of humor was a devastating response.

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