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#27: Oct 30th 2014 at 6:15:18 PM
Buster Keaton, of course, is a genius. That ought to be obvious to all.
Would silent animation count under silent films?
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Quag15
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#28: Oct 31st 2014 at 3:45:49 AM
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You might wanna try to post silent animation in the Western Animation forum.
If you have Eastern silent animation, I guess it's alright to put it here.
edited 31st Oct '14 3:46:09 AM by Quag15
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I've seen and enjoyed a lot of the movies mentioned here; one I liked which was not mentioned is The Thief of Baghdad, a fun movie which is not really accurate in its depiction of the middle east but has a nice magical feeling in any case. Also good: Man With A Movie Camera, an old Soviet movie which is similar to Slackers if anyone wants a basis for comparison. Silent movies I liked the least: Earth, another Soviet film which did have some great moments (especially the ending and the scene when the tractor arrives) but mostly was overly static, and Birth of a Nation, which is as racist as everyone says it is if not more racist, and drags like heck; it had a plot which would work for a 1 hour movie get stretched out into a 3 hour movie.
edited 30th Oct '14 6:04:47 PM by Hatshepsut