You have not yet responded to the forum.

Here you will find the last 3 forum topics
you have posted a comment on.
+ add shout
Private
 New Name, New Era
0 | 0 | 0 | 0
0%
To join the forums you need to be logged in.

Click here to register your own account for free and I will personally explain to you how you can start getting your own fans and, making popdollars.
> Close
Helper
Forum
Startalk
Blog statistics
Friends management



Topics   Messages
17 of the 24 stars earned

Forum

General < General Page: | Next | Last
I'm kinda obsessed
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
I've basically been obsessed with Charlie Chaplin since I was a teenager, and as I've gotten older and learned about his vocal criticism of capitalism and the US in general, his refusal to become a citizen, and his eventual exile - it makes me love him more.



I love going back and re-watching the movies (the ones he wrote) with that context
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:26 | Times changed: 1
Private
National Star



Savage wrote:
i'm taking a course this semester all about cinema (its boring tbh lol) and this week was about him
you could've did my work for me to save me the pain 
19
Posts: 8848
Date: 03-09-2021 04:31
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
i'm taking a course this semester all about cinema (its boring tbh lol) and this week was about him
you could've did my work for me to save me the pain 
there's a cool podcast called You Must Remember This, that probably has episodes on a lot of your subjects and may make it more interesting
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:32
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
fun fact: I was charlie chaplin for a halloween school dance when I was a teenager and they wouldn't put my costume pic in the yearbook because they said it looked "too much like hitler"

uncultured. 
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:33
Private
National Star



Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
i'm taking a course this semester all about cinema (its boring tbh lol) and this week was about him
you could've did my work for me to save me the pain 
there's a cool podcast called You Must Remember This, that probably has episodes on a lot of your subjects and may make it more interesting
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
19
Posts: 8848
Date: 03-09-2021 04:36
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
i'm taking a course this semester all about cinema (its boring tbh lol) and this week was about him
you could've did my work for me to save me the pain 
there's a cool podcast called You Must Remember This, that probably has episodes on a lot of your subjects and may make it more interesting
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:38
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
there's a cool podcast called You Must Remember This, that probably has episodes on a lot of your subjects and may make it more interesting
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
I tend to like the history surrounding the movies more than the movies themselves tho
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:38
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
I tend to like the history surrounding the movies more than the movies themselves tho
Film itself as a form of media was literally brand new,  folks didn't know how to act on screen yet, they hadn't yet developed modern acting techniques, camera angles, editing. It was literally brand new.

Also because it was printed on super volatile materials, over 90% of silent films are lost forever, not to mention they didn't really try to preserve them, no one expected anyone in the future to care, they were pumped out for a profit, fast.
the silent movies we have today we have because they survived, not because they were good lol
lots were destroyed, they could have been amazing, we'll never know. 
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:43
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
I tend to like the history surrounding the movies more than the movies themselves tho
Film itself as a form of media was literally brand new,  folks didn't know how to act on screen yet, they hadn't yet developed modern acting techniques, camera angles, editing. It was literally brand new.

Also because it was printed on super volatile materials, over 90% of silent films are lost forever, not to mention they didn't really try to preserve them, no one expected anyone in the future to care, they were pumped out for a profit, fast.
the silent movies we have today we have because they survived, not because they were good lol
lots were destroyed, they could have been amazing, we'll never know. 
Chaplin is a goddamn legend tho I don't think anything he ever did was bad. Especially what he wrote himself. 
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:44
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
I kinda love how the earlier silents were usually only like 20 minutes long
perfect length lol
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:51
Private
National Star



Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
there's a cool podcast called You Must Remember This, that probably has episodes on a lot of your subjects and may make it more interesting
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
my course is just focusing on silent films atm 
but wow same, i would have to pause a million times before i can finish but i'm always in a rush to get things done asap lol buttttt i watched a silent film the other day (or at least a long clip) that was a mess but i was fine watching it for the most part 
19
Posts: 8848
Date: 03-09-2021 04:52
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
my course is just focusing on silent films atm 
but wow same, i would have to pause a million times before i can finish but i'm always in a rush to get things done asap lol buttttt i watched a silent film the other day (or at least a long clip) that was a mess but i was fine watching it for the most part 
I read this really great book called Behind The Mask of Innocence by Kevin Brownlow about social issues tackled in early silent films, it really made the whole subject more interesting to me.

that being said this is stuff I read about on my own, I never had to do it for school really.
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:55
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
my favorite chaplin film is not a silent
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:56
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Savage wrote:
I'll have to check it out
All I've learned in the last 2 weeks is that silent films are not for me LOL
Chaplin did several talkie films.

I do enjoy silent movies but I have to be in the right frame of mind to be able to focus on them, I also have to pause them a lot and come back to them (it took me like a whole day to watch Metropolis)
I got to go to a silent film screening once where they had a live organist doing the music for Steamboat Bill Jr. and honestly THAT was a super cool experience.
my course is just focusing on silent films atm 
but wow same, i would have to pause a million times before i can finish but i'm always in a rush to get things done asap lol buttttt i watched a silent film the other day (or at least a long clip) that was a mess but i was fine watching it for the most part 
okay but if there is only one silent movie you ever watch in your entire life, watch The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
it's only like 25 minutes long and it's so batshit I love it

it's about a drug addicted detective "Coke Ennyday" and it is exactly what it sounds like
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 04:59
Private
World Famous



Barbarella wrote:
Dear VP
I love silent movies
is this why I dont have friends
20
Posts: 8725
Date: 03-09-2021 19:32
Lean
Streetmusician



lean wrote:
charlie chaplin and dev patel are my celebrity crushes
17
Posts: 9093
Date: 03-09-2021 19:35
Post comment
Post Comment
To load new posts: activated
Page: | Next | Last
© 2024 Terms of Use