Neil Bahadur
12Sep11
http://filetram.com/download/megaupload/video/8691033585/the-salvation-hunters-j-von-sternberg-1925-v-avi
Is there any doubt that he is the finest director of the 1930s? Perhaps you could make strong cases for Lubtisch and Hawks, but the consistent output of beautiful films that von Sternberg made throughout the entire decade is astounding. Not, to mention his silents that still survive from the previous decade...
Anyone have any idea where one can watch The Salvation Hunters online?
http://filetram.com/download/megaupload/video/8691033585/the-salvation-hunters-j-von-sternberg-1925-v-avi
Having seen an exceprt from the unfinished I, Claudius was painful. It had the potential to be one of his finest films.
"There is a story, probably apocryphal, that Sternberg once suggested his movies be projected upside down, so that audiences wouldn’t be distracted from the sublime play of light and shadow on the screen."--Dave Kehr