April 19, 2009
Title: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Year: 1920
Director: Robert Wiene
Writer: Hans Janowitz & Carl Mayer
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Music: Timothy Brock (for video release)
Distinctions: formerly on IMDb’s Top 250
Synopsis: a somnambulist wakes up — oh, the horror!
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), September 2008
Subjective Rating: 4/10
Objective Rating: 4/10 (gets points for pacing, cinematography, special effects/design and music)
Meh. Great visuals, but everything else is very badly done. I can see how it’s of historical importance, but it’s not something you can watch with modern standards. I’m not sure if the music is original or some sort of restoration, but it’s very good.
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April 15, 2009
Titles: “Ask Father” / “From Hand to Mouth” / “An Eastern Westerner“
Year: 1919-1920
Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach
Writers: H.M. Walker, Frank Terry
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Peggy Cartwright, Noah Young
Music: Robert Israel (for video release)
How I saw it: “The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Vol. 1″ (rented from Netflix), July 2008
Subjective Rating: 6/10
Objective Rating: 5/10 (points off for characters, dialog, cinematography, acting and music)
“Ask Father” is very funny slapstick, a lot like a Loony Tunes cartoon. The other two are okay, but nothing special.
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