Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings

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Showing posts with label Carl Theodor Dreyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carl Theodor Dreyer. Show all posts
Monday, February 13, 2017

Master of the House (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1925)

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Master of the House , Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent comedy-drama, is an ironic title, one attached to the film for its release in Engli...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)

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Renée Jeanne Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc Music has been an integral part of the cinematic experience since the days before ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932)

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In the catalog of vampire movies, Vampyr is probably the second scariest after Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922). Which is odd, because its na...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)

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Imagine Gertrud as a Hollywood "women's picture" of the 1940s or '50s, with Olivia de Havilland, perhaps, as Gertrud, an...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)

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As a non-believer, I find the story told by  Ordet  objectively preposterous, but it raises all the right questions about the nature of re...
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