Wonderful stuff.

Now I'm waiting for the next installment from the movie cyclops.... This has been very enjoyable and I am enjoying the movie travels with you from the days of old.

This was so much fun! Great job 😁

This is great stuff. It is always a true delight when you post a new video. Thanks.

It is about time you posted again!!!! Your channel is one of my favorites🎉

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this needs more views

Fantastic. I've just watched a colourised version of the dance and then found this. What a woman and so sensual! A fine actress. Thank you for the narration.

Very poorly made. If something is True it is Not a Stereotype. Native Americans are Still Raging Alcoholics. I lived Near a Reservation and talked to Native Americans from the Reservation. They told me Never to accept an invitation to go onto the Reservation. I was told that it is Dangerous to Visit a Reservation with Native Americans, because once they got Drunk all bets were off about what would happen next. He told me about how Alcohol was Still Destroying Native Americans. It is True that White men gave Alcohol to Native Americans to take advantage of them. Your criticisms of the Movie I find none of them Valid. You are Extremely Woke.

You mentioned an important aspect of film making, shooting of dance sequences. This has been a lost realization in Musicals filmed in the last 20 years, particular for television film Musicals. One that comes to mind is the TV version of THE MUSIC MAN starring Mathew Broderick, who obviously was not a dancer. The Director of Photography avoided showing him dancing in Long Shot clearly as means of disguising this. Too often the framing is in Medium and Close-Up Shots instead of showing the dancing. The audience needs to see the entire body of the dancer(s) with particular attention to their feet. So much of the storytelling and performance in dance is with the entire body. You do not get that in Medium Shots.

3:58 He’s got his leg all up in there, nice lol.

Not sure we really needed a full minute explaining what a MacGuffin is. Everyone kinda knows that by now. My favorite part is that short analysis at 12:00, when the Count gets trapped in the cellar and we're left seeing him frantically pushing on the stuck door. The best war movies are the ones where we can feel for both sides.

7:45 "Let's linger here and ponder meaningfully... Man is small, land is big." Seriously, good commentary on this one.

Gah, I really love the Ken Burns style narration over the long, slow panning of the panorama photographs in the first few minutes. This is where we can really see that you're good at what you do.

Jasmine and I watched this with my family over Thanksgiving weekend. My dad's one of those Turner Classic Movies kind of guys, so I knew he'd like this one. I really love how you commentated over the actual film. I mean, it's silent, so of course you CAN, but it really, REALLY works! This ain't show don't tell, it's show and tell at the same time with each benefiting the other.

Honestly, when I watched A Trip to the Moon, I didn't like it. Thanks for bringing the artistry to the fore, because it flew way over my head.

I really like the way your formatted this video essay. Tell us the importance of the film, point out what we should be looking for, then show the movie while commentating over it, and finally a conclusion. Very clean presentation, too!

*If PSYCHO was supposedly 'scary', then anything with Jessica Simpson in it must equal a 'true crime story;*

The figures heading or the windmill = Don Quixote, only it's not direct, so what was the Danish thought irony of those times? Or am I wanting something to be there that just is not there? What gets me about Hitchcock (favorite is The 39 Steps) is how he pulled it off in color in North by Northwest.

All or most of the great American film directors have been influenced by European film makers and writers. Thanks for the video! Best wishes from Iceland!!

Thank you for speaking properly and not "uptalking" which is so annoying. Subscribed.

Thank you.

Excellent video and narration is second to none Brother 👍

Grazie! Yes, in Italian it's pronounced Ma-chiste.

Sex sells even in a bug's life. I'd never heard of this guy before, so for me this was not only interesting but fascinating

Thank you for this! I’ve often seen this film’s title, without synopsis, mentioned in writings on the history of horror films. The title alone does nothing to bolster it’s horror pioneer bonifides so i was left to imagine it must be about the predatory lending of tuition to a group of clueless, horny teens who gruesomely get picked off one by one by crushing financial debt. All this carnage leads to the final girl who barely escapes the maniac’s blood lust by calling Dad and asking for a loan. Kinda disappointed I was wrong.

I've easily watched Nosferatu dozens of times. I had never noticed that the count was also the coach driver... I am learning from the Cyclops😅

Thank you for making this. It is important to honour, and very informative to learn from, the early film industry innovators.

It's still hot!

Thanks so much for this tribute to Starevich and to stop motion in general, it’s amazing the time, patience, detail and creative problem solving used to stitch together complicated stories using models and props. In your list of stop motion geniuses who were heavily influenced by Starevich, the Brothers Quay are lesser known but brilliant. I’m sure you’re familiar with them, given the esoteric nature of your RU-vid videos.

I am so glad to have found your channel. It opens the door on so much.

This is a well put together deep dive into Starevich's work in stop-motion animation and his influence through the years. It's informative and entertaining. Sharing your sense of wonder is appreciated! 😶 🙂 😄

WOW. That dance would even be banned in some films today -- 113 years later!

This channel is so cool and outstandingly unique

Wow ! really good flick , thanks

The irony here is that while in public prudishness was common, in private they were fairly degenerate compared to other eras.

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Carroll's behavior toward young girls would raise red flags today.

She chased the bad man. Nothing has changed in the world.

Just discovered your channel. I'm thrilled, I'm hooked, I'm a new subscriber 😊 Thanks

They go crazy away from their kitchens

Who knew twerking was over a hundred years old.

Thank you, I enjoyed this.

This is wonderful! First I've ever heard of her! Asta Nelson. Here's a link to the full film these scenes are taken from...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oZUBzqGAPw4.html

The gaucho dance was not technically difficult at all; I can say this with confidence as I was a dancer for many years. She is doing a tiny circle with her hips while rubbing up against him. This, combined with her going without a corset (you cannot move your torso naturally while so restricted), her body showing beneath the satin dress, is what made it incendiary for 1910. Although Little Egypt had already made her debut in 1895, the abdomen was rarely used. The kick dance, with its many high kicks and skirt florishes, was the normal entertainment. I can well imagine her dance being met with raised eyebrows, even in Europe.

She goes from being bright eyed in a white dress, to a black dress with big dark circles around her eyes😂.

Look at how tightly she is laced into her corset! I hate to think what damage that does to you internally.

She's grinding ....😮😊

2:40 LOL! The agony! 💀🥀⚰

Asta Nielsen was a true "free spirit" in the best sense of that expression. That dance is high-voltage eroticism without cheapness or vulgarity. A woman way ahead of her time! Thank you for posting this. Her's is one name I won't forget.