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Yes, I pm'd him the link as well. I watch a lot of older films like I mentioned in the OP and these older films don't have an archive here so I was happy to com across this extension.
The reason I signed up here on Movie Chat is because it has archival messages though not all, and certainly not for the older films. I checked 4 older films so far, 2 from the 1920s & 1 from the 40s, & another from the 50s - the latter 2 are not as well known and they do have archival message boards on there (chrome extension).
Sometimes, you just want to read the boards and share or reply, you don't really want to nor can't think of a thread to make. Of coarse replying on there may not necessarily generate a notification to the previous posters unfortunately.
I also tried some actor boards and it seems, the extension only works for films & tv.
Haha, we'll see! :)
The Gangster genre is my favorite genre of all time actually!
And yes, I have seen both Scarface and Public Enemey! Muni and Cagney?!
I have not seen Bride of Frankenstein though so I'll give that a go but is there a prequel like - Frankenstein - I should watch first?
I haven't seen The Great Dictator yet so thank you for another recommendation!
I will, I promise! :)
Oh, I missed your last sentence sorry. Yes, I think I'll give the Spanish version a try and look-see! :)
Haha, you've found someone else who actually liked the film Lost in Space! There are quite a few films I like or are underrated but love actually!
I'll be honest, I'm a Spock girl, was never much fond of Shatner and his Kirk but I enjoyed him in the films. In fact I prefer TOS films over TNG films. And as excited as I was over the new ST films and the casting of Quinto as Spock (I was a fan of his from Heroes), he disappointed me tremendously in Star Trek Into Darkness. I could not believe that Shatner (who is always criticized for his acting) not only bested Quinto in a similar role (death of a friend) but was leagues better than he was.
Quinto's "NOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!" - was horrid IMO.
YES, we need to discuss DS9 over that board, very revolutionary series and it was such because it deviated from Roddenberry's ideas.
Haha, I think I need to rewatch a few Bewitched episodes though!
"But much as I said in the Addams Family thread, I feel like it's a film that is stuck between eras. It is not a silent film . . . but it also was made at a time when were not fully comfortable with recorded sound. So the director's footing just wasn't particularly firm. "
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^^^I actually enjoy or like it being stuck between eras, I like the atmosphere of the 20s, but with sound, that would make it even better. :)
BTW, what other transitional 20s-30s films would you recommend? I enjoyed this film you recommended actually.
Now I am curious about the Spanish version, does it have english subtitles? Which version do you prefer?
Yes. Which is why the trivia on IMDB of the cuts made on this film rings true to me. It is disjointed, leaping from scene to scene without the proper transition. And again, it's only an hour and 14 minutes, a very very short film indeed! Perhaps if the cut scenes were found and restored, the film would gain new heights but how would we even know the director's true intent for the film? He must be dead by now unfortunately.
With your last paragraph - I agree as well. I wonder what drama went on behind the scenes while making this? The film was supposed to have a higher budget and following the novel more closely, but things did not turn out that way.
True. Don't get me wrong, I may seem to just criticize the film but there are many things about it I really liked. The atmosphere, the look, and the menacing foreign-ness of Lugosi are all very beautiful in a dark dusty stylistic way. And perhaps it is overrated in that it made such an impact as one of the first talkie horror film, and we don't judge it as such but what it is today. Nosferatu and all other silent films are more easily forgotten as they're just not as easily palatable for the modern audience in comparison. Just getting someone today to watch a b/w talkie is a labor, what more a silent film no matter the excellence of the time?
But I wonder if this film would've stood better if the director's true cut/edition was released instead?
Also, it's a shame that Coppola's Dracula is so underrated, I don't understand it. It is beautiful and encompassing in all respects, even Keanu Reeve's misplacement cannot damper it.
There's a silent version? Wow, you learn new things everyday. No wonder this film reminded me of silent films still which I loved the look tbh.
Wait, I just realized the Spanish version re-did everything with their own actors? I thought the Spanish version simply dubbed over this one, yikes, no wonder I was confused on another thread.
OMG, if that's true then it was really badly done then! LOL! I find that hilarious actually if that was what they were going for!
I found that a bit funny in a corny sort of way actually. I certainly laughed when I saw that!
I just read that the film was severely cut despite the director's wishes. I wonder if the original director's cut could somehow be released in the future, when I'm alive preferably, lol!
I just watched it and the film looks fantastic except for the ship scenes. But how do you know if it's the Spanish or English version - by the language, is that it? Because the one I watched was in english.
But many films back then deviated from the source literature. Just look at Pride and Prejudice with Olivier and Garson yet I love it still.
hey, thanks! I'm on there now actually.
I agree to an extent but I think this may be a better film if it was longer, the film seems to skip about from scene to scene. Also, I know you guys must be fans of Lugosi but as wonderfully creepy, exotic, and mysteriously charming he is - I didn't find him to be sexy/sensual which is what I think would've made the character of Dracula even more interesting.
I was reading an article and it was mentioned by one that Rudolph Valentino would've made a great dangerously dark and sensual vampire in this if he had lived. Even his opinions of death sounds strangely vampiric:
https://twitter.com/PattiFromNYC/status/667186127107989504/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Also, my favorite Dracula movie is the Coppola one from 1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula.