tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post6195641750272580378..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards Redux (1928-1929)Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-57984227257309612612012-01-10T10:12:33.349-05:002012-01-10T10:12:33.349-05:00Again, with eligibility questions. My top 4 films ...<i>Again, with eligibility questions. My top 4 films of the year are all Foreign films supposedly eligible this year: Nosferatu, October, Napoleon and The Fall of the House of Usher. And I had read that Passion of Joan of Arc was actually eligible to year before.</i><br /><br />You might actually be right about <i>The Passion of Joan of Arc</i> -- I think those first couple of years, I was working out of a hodgepodge of <i>Inside Oscar</i>, Imdb.com, Danny Peary and who knows what else. I thought about going back and tossing out what I'd chosen before and written about, but then decided to live with it as much as possible. <i>The Crowd</i> for screenplay in 1927-28, I couldn't live with since I had a distorted idea about film history when I wrote that. The other picks, well, they seemed like a good idea at the time.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-60407245905497303272012-01-10T08:15:03.924-05:002012-01-10T08:15:03.924-05:00I personally like Douglas best as Robin Hood or Zo...I personally like Douglas best as Robin Hood or Zorro.<br /><br />Again, with eligibility questions. My top 4 films of the year are all Foreign films supposedly eligible this year: Nosferatu, October, Napoleon and The Fall of the House of Usher. And I had read that Passion of Joan of Arc was actually eligible to year before.<br /><br />But I agree with The Wind as the best English language Drama of the year.<br /><br />But I definitely go with von Stroheim for Best Actor (unless you count Schreck in Nosferatu or Dieudonne in Napoleon).Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-41025924439439135432012-01-07T14:42:55.974-05:002012-01-07T14:42:55.974-05:00I love STEAMBOAT WILLIE and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF...<i>I love STEAMBOAT WILLIE and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC....I wonder what that says about me.</i><br /><br />Personally, I'd say it means you have good taste.<br /><br /><i>I've been meaning to watch some of Douglas Fairbanks silents too.</i><br /><br />If you've never seen one, I'd go with either one of his early pre-swashbuckling comedies (<i>The Matrimaniac</i>, a Harold Lloyd style comedy before even Lloyd had figured out what that meant, is probably my favorite), <i>The Thief of Bagdad</i> (it has an almost ballet-like gracefulness) or the Blu-Ray restoration of <i>The Black Pirate</i>, one of the very first color movies (unfortunately, I think the Technicolor version is <i>only</i> available on Blu-Ray).<br /><br />But you can't really go too far wrong with any of Fairbanks's silent work. He was one of the true greats.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-65363473537283369622012-01-07T14:01:55.066-05:002012-01-07T14:01:55.066-05:00I love STEAMBOAT WILLIE and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF...I love STEAMBOAT WILLIE and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC....I wonder what that says about me.<br /><br />Oh well, the truth is I'm not a BIG fan of the silents, but I watched the Joan of Arc film from beginning to end simply because I couldn't NOT watch. It was magnificent.<br /><br />I've been meaning to watch some of Douglas Fairbanks silents too.<br /><br />I do enjoy reading your posts, M.M.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com