Present Day Silent Movies

[MrPumpernickel]

I'm curious, how do you silent movie afficionados (and others) think about recent movies such as Call of Cthulhu (2005) which by all accounts are silent movies but haven't been made in the same way as they were a 100 years ago? Not seldomly using computers to either simulate or entirely fake the silent movie style.

Personally I'm a bit on the fence, I like that people are carrying on the style of silent movies even with contemporary tools, though in some ways I feel that it cheapens the original movies as well.

However, I am a great fan of Call of Cthulhu and I dabble in the silent movie style a bit myself (link at the end of the post), so I am rather split?

Then there are other people who've done rather interesting things as well, such as Steam Trek (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Y39gHihP74) for instance.

What are your views on this? It should be rather interesting considering there are a fair amount of people here who seem to be into the whole vintage and silent movie genres.

My short silent monster movie, starring yours truly and a monster named B??b (who's a lot more nicer than he looks, really): http://youtube.com/watch?v=yXmEA37IgBU

Oh yeah, and if anyone has any other recent silent movies to recommend, by all means do so!

 

[Naphtali]

I recall one example of "modern" interpretation of a silent film. And it was beautifully done. In the 1950s Warner Television produced a bazillion shows of identical format. Some were Westerns, some thrillers, etc. One of the shows, more innovative than the others, was "77 Sunset Strip." It ran one episode that was speech free -- "The Silent Caper."

As I recall, the episode had music and sound effects, but no speech. I enjoyed it enough to keep the title in memory all these years. Roger Smith was the lead actor.

 

[Trampilot]

This is a bit of a coincidence.

I've only just received a copy of C-o-C on DVD. I didn't think to mention it on the Lounge.

I didn't really know what to expect from it - obviously I knew it was silent but didn't know how far the makers would go technology wise. Anyway it was very impressive - especially some of the brilliant background effects and sets. Even the stop motion Cthulhu is beautifully realised - and you don't get to see much of it which assists in the mystery.

It did leave you with a feeling of authenticity - which was the important thing. I can certainly recommend it.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

Brand Upon The Brain!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443455/

Guy Madden seems to like silent cinema