Every year, the Merrill Auditorium pairs the pipes of the Kotzschmar Organ with an old horror movie. The theater should have seatbelts.
The Nickelodeon, back when it was under different management, would spend New Year's Eve running silent two-reelers for free. However, my silent film education is full of holes. I've seen "Metropolis," but not "The Sheik." I saw the original "Wizard of Oz" (good lord) but haven't seen "Nosferatu." I only recently learned that there even was a real difference between German and American filmmaking at the time. If you're a Batman fan, eventually you have to watch "The Man Who Laughs." However, I couldn't sit through more than 20 minutes of "Birth of a Nation."
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Date: 2009-08-19 04:43 am (UTC)The Nickelodeon, back when it was under different management, would spend New Year's Eve running silent two-reelers for free. However, my silent film education is full of holes. I've seen "Metropolis," but not "The Sheik." I saw the original "Wizard of Oz" (good lord) but haven't seen "Nosferatu." I only recently learned that there even was a real difference between German and American filmmaking at the time. If you're a Batman fan, eventually you have to watch "The Man Who Laughs." However, I couldn't sit through more than 20 minutes of "Birth of a Nation."
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