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If you have the predilection for silent films, I watched J'accuse (1919) for the first time last night. This film is a beautiful, harrowing, and tragic tale of a romantic love triangle amidst the backdrop of World War I. Directed by Abel Gance, though the film comes in at 2h 45m, it never feels like a slog, but a genuine, yet thorough and emotional journey. The film goes to dark places, places you don't expect it to, and certainly places Hollywood would have been wary of, but it's in that darkness that the truthfulness of the time and place shines through. A highly recommended film by me, for whatever that's worth.

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A Bacchanalia of bizarreness gets a new cut in its return to the screen.

‘Caligula: The Ultimate Cut’ Review: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Has anybody ever seen this movie? Admittedly, I haven’t. Only a trailer and some clips. I do wonder whether the television series I, Claudius that aired a few years before might have inspired the characterization of Caligula in some way. (Even though quality seems like night and day when comparing the two adaptations). The trailer seems like a way over the top version of what was presented in I Claudius but from the screenshot of McDowell draped over Mirren in the article, it just seems like some of the characterization of Caligula in the movie may have been their hardcore take on John Hurt’s decadent portrayal of the character.

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I've finally completed my thorough watch of silent films up to the year 1919, and since I finished the first full decade of feature films, I thought it'd be fun to share my choices for the would be Academy Awards ...

Best Picture
1911: DANTE'S INFERNO (L'Inferno) - dir. Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan (ITL)
1912: FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS - dir. Sidney Olcott (CAN)
1913: ATLANTIS - dir. August Blom (DEN)
1914: CABIRIA - dir. Giovanni Pastrone (ITL)
1915: THE BIRTH OF A NATION - dir. D.W. Griffith (USA)
1916: JOAN THE WOMAN - dir. Cecil B. DeMille (USA)
1917: A MAN THERE WAS (Terje Vigen) - dir. Victor Sjöström (SWE)
1918: STELLA MARIS - dir. Marshall Neilan (USA)
1919: J'ACCUSE - dir. Abel Gance (FRA)

Lead Actor:
1915: GEORGE BEBAN (The Italian)
1916: WILLIAM S. HART (Hell's Hinges)
1917: VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM (A Man There Was)
1918: RAYMOND HATTON (The Whispering Chorus)
1919: ROMUALD JOUBÉ (J'accuse)

Lead Actress:
1915: THEDA BARA (A Fool There Was)
1916: MARY MACLAREN (Shoes)
1917: MARY PICKFORD (The Little American)
1918: NORMA TALMADGE (The Forbidden City)
1919: LILLIAN GISH (Broken Blossoms)

Supporting Actor:
1915: SESSUE HAYAKAWA (The Cheat)
1916: EUGENE PALLETT (Going Straight)
1917: JACK HOLT (The Little American)
1918: GORDON GRIFFITH (Tarzan of the Apes)
1919: DONALD CRISP (Broken Blossoms)

Supporting Actress:
1915: MAE MARSH (The Birth of a Nation)
1916: CONSTANCE TALMADGE (Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages)
1917: VOLA VALE (The Silent Man)
1918: DOROTHY GISH (Hearts of the World)
1919: CLARINE SEYMOUR (True Heart Susie)

Don't worry, I won't become annoying about this as I also have lists of golden age films and modern classics to go with my silent watching.

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