Greed, it’s not the best silent film by any means but it’s a film I really, REALLY like.
METROPOLIS
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
NOSFERATU
SHERLOCK JR.
Yes, late Brakhage is brilliant. I’ve seen a few of his late abstract silents, and very much enjoyed them. I think one was called “Black Ice” or something lik that. Should dig those old VHS tapes out…
M (1931)
Manhandled (1924)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Goldrush
Metropolis
Sherlock Jr.
And there’s more and I can’t decide, but if I had to watch a silent film over and over again, I’d probably choose Metropolis.
come on now. keep them coming,
I have not seen enough.
show me too much!
Nosferatu
Metropolis
The General
Pandora’s Box
City Lights
Roughly as follows:
1. Die Nibelungen (Parts I & II)
2. Napoleon
3. The Crowd
4. The Man Who Laughs
5. The Docks of New York
6. Sunrise
7. The Big Parade
8. Sherlock, Jr.
9. The Battleship Potemkin
10. The Last Command
Caligari
There’s no one. Almost all Eisenstein, Vertov, Chaplin, Keaton, “The cabinet of Doctor Caligari”, “Metropolis”, some works from Alice Guy, “Limite” by Mario Peixoto, “Girl shy” with Harold Lloyd and definitively “Queen Kelly” the unfinished but astonishing film by Erich von Stroheim…, among others.
Pandora’s Box. Hands down. Louise Brooks. Nothing to add.
probably Metropolis
The General.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
though I haven’t seen many of them…
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Patrick Atherton
I’d just like to remind you folks of the many hours of silent films fashioned by Stan Brakhage (the Criterion disc is excellent, but barely scrapes the surface of over 400 films, almost all silent.). I can’t think of the titles right now, but the Abstract Expressionist painted films of his later career are phenomenal.