***
"The telephone pole is something of an anachronism for a scene set in 900 A.D."
A whistle stop tour of the first and least interesting decade of feature-length film production from one of the less interesting countries making them. The brief reviews are usually unsentimental, except when they're worshipping D. W. Griffith and prickling at accusations of racism like someone banging on about 'SJWs.'
A whistle stop tour of the first and least interesting decade of feature-length film production from one of the less interesting countries making them. The brief reviews are usually unsentimental, except when they're worshipping D. W. Griffith and prickling at accusations of racism like someone banging on about 'SJWs.'
1998 / Ebook / 79 pages / USA
***
Murnau's silent hallucinatory fable is a godsend for academic overanalysis and this cinephile doesn't hold back from the onset. I enjoyed all of that, and I didn't mind all the big screencaps making a short book even shorter, since that space is normally taken up by redundant plot summary.
2015 / Ebook / 130 pages / Italy
****
Enthusiastic reading and formal analysis that also explores some of the nuttier interpretations and conspiracy theories surrounding the timeless terror.
2015 / Ebook / 96 pages / USA
**
Mainly a recap of the pioneering racist classic that clarifies who the heroes and villains are supposed to be for the benefit of modern audiences, since it's often confusing.
2017 / Ebook / 112 pages / UK
***
A more thorough overview than these books usually manage, even if it can't escape the gravitational pull of its star, as is the fate of all commentaries and internet comments about this work.
