My city does this awesome thing where they do live music performance to go with the silent movie. Some of it is classic, on an organ, as it might've been done for the original movie, but some of it is modern bands. I saw the 1924 Peter Pan with a harp and flute and...one other instrument. Anyway, it was very moving.
Not being much for slapstick, I find I'm not as interested in the old Keaton and Chaplin type of silent movies. However, when I first saw The General, my friend and I decided to put on our own music and we picked something rather sad, and it was a perfect perfect way to watch that film.
the movie they watch at one point was an actual silent movie Gloria Swanson starred in in the 20s--directed by Erich von Stroheim, who plays her butler/ex-director/ex-husband.
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Date: 2018-12-12 08:27 pm (UTC)Not being much for slapstick, I find I'm not as interested in the old Keaton and Chaplin type of silent movies. However, when I first saw The General, my friend and I decided to put on our own music and we picked something rather sad, and it was a perfect perfect way to watch that film.
the movie they watch at one point was an actual silent movie Gloria Swanson starred in in the 20s--directed by Erich von Stroheim, who plays her butler/ex-director/ex-husband.
I know! So wild!