tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post909125137546951461..comments2009-08-07T08:31:14.757-04:00Comments on Screen Savour: Der Letzte Mann (1924)T.S.noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-86144399535209724502009-08-07T08:31:14.757-04:002009-08-07T08:31:14.757-04:00Forgive me if it's bad form to leave two comme...Forgive me if it's bad form to leave two comments on the same film, but MovieMan0283's Comment is making me do it! I've always believed the happy ending in The Last Laugh is real--based on the title card that the author has provided a "quite improbable epilogue," which, however, is not identified as a dream or fake in some way. I think there're grounds to believe in the doorman's triumphantly restored fortunes--and even that he got a really good meal at the end!Margaret Benbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981723531235779155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-26949545064358260462009-08-04T13:57:32.778-04:002009-08-04T13:57:32.778-04:00A great movie by a great director. I saw it in COM...A great movie by a great director. I saw it in COMPLETE silence...during a double feature (with Faust) at Anthology Film Archives in NYC. I did not realize that the films would be projected without a score (there would be a later showing with a live orchestra) and wondered if I should leave, but instead I stayed and was completely engrossed by both movies. Since then, I've tended to prefer watching silent films without music, an experience I generally find more absorbing.<br /><br />I kind of like the ending here - it stands so far apart from the rest of the film, almost as a kind of fantasy, that I don't think it effects the movie or the message; it could almost be seen as a fantasy or a wistful short film following the main feature. The audience I first saw the movie with seemed to appreciate it in this regard, laughing along with the gags and especially at the sarcastic intertitle.<br /><br />Anyway, the poor guy deserved some relief, even it was imagined!MovieMan0283http://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-10729129050946439922009-08-01T15:26:29.309-04:002009-08-01T15:26:29.309-04:00Jannings was unparalleled in breathing shame and d...Jannings was unparalleled in breathing shame and desolation out of his pores in this role...as he also was in The Blue Angel, his arrogant, aging professor broken down to total degradation and insanity and beyond, at the hands of Lola Lola and his own foolish vanity...Margaret Benbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981723531235779155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-30975946440630351002009-07-27T22:41:39.465-04:002009-07-27T22:41:39.465-04:00Ha ha. Indeed, you capture the sentiment well, Sam...Ha ha. Indeed, you capture the sentiment well, Sam.T.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00945932279787919282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-79472294977863326462009-07-27T16:14:14.980-04:002009-07-27T16:14:14.980-04:00One of the greatest films ever made.
One of the g...One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films everr made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.<br /><br />One of the greatest films ever made.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com