I have rediscovered Turner Classic Movies. At BYU my roomie was a screen writing major so we were always watching random old movies. I even had the pleasure of being IN some short films of hers (Elliots Oatmeal Train, anyone?). She would come home from class and tell us about the old film stars and the old movies that they had watched. I really enjoyed them.
Fast forward 13 years and the only stuff that I seem to be able to watch is on Noggin or ESPN. I don't have much time to sit and watch an entire movie. But TCM has Sunday Night Silent movies. They fascinate me. It's like watching the best historical fiction. The clothes, the subject matter, what they thought was beautiful, funny, tragic. I can't turn it off. It is amazing to me that just being caught alone in an apartment or room with someone of the opposite sex was totally scandelous and grounds for a FORCED marriage. This has been the focus of several films and the people were fully clothed and what was going on was totally innocent.
And I love how before each movie they give you a history lesson about people in the film or characters. Who knew that there were homosexual characters in 1920s silent films? Or that a "vampire" was a female hussy?
Anyway. Pointless post. But I am looking forward to my next Silent Sunday Night!
1 comment:
I don't think I have seen any of those, but I really love old movies so I'll have to check them out sometime. I have always thought how sweet it is that people were so much more innocent back then...the world has changed a bit since!
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