In Reply to: Just curious posted by rico on May 17, 2005 at 07:51:47:
rico,I don't actually own any movies, but I consider "The Battleship Potemkin","The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" "Nosferatu (1923)" and "Metropolis", plus some comedies of Chaplin, Lloyd, and Keaton to be in the "top whatever" league.
Here's a question: Do you have movies that are so dominantly, visually stunning that you conceive of them as silent or they could be silent and be as impressive? I could watch "Beauty and the Beast" (1946), "Quest for Fire", and "2001: A Space Odyssey" without sound.
How about Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie" in which the only word spoken ("Non") is spoken by mime Marcel Marceau?
Cheers,
Bambi B
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Follow Ups
- "The Battleship Potemkin", "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Nosferatu ", "Metropolis" - Bambi B 12:36:34 05/17/05 (5)
- Metropolis + Alloy Orchestra Soundtrack CD -nt- - jbmcb 20:31:39 05/17/05 (0)
- Add "Orheo" and "Pandora's Box." nt - tinear 14:44:01 05/17/05 (2)
- Was ist "Orheo"??? - Harmonia 22:51:35 05/18/05 (1)
- C'mon, you know what it was! nt - tinear 05:38:59 05/22/05 (0)
- Re: Sound movies without sound - rico 12:42:20 05/17/05 (0)