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It’s common to make allowances when watching cinema from previous eras to make allowances for the times. With Safety Last, though, it is hard to see how one cou
by moomin 6y ago
It’s common to make allowances when watching cinema from previous eras to make allowances for the times. With Safety Last, though, it is hard to see how one could possibly make a better version today. The restrictions such as the lack of sound, the black and white and the utter lack of post-production are completely embraced to make something you couldn’t make another way, and the pacing is razor-tight even by modern standards.
- pantaloony 6y agoI’ve found a lot of the better comedies from that period (Chaplin, Keaton) to be damn near timelessly good. Art films are hit-or-miss but when they hit they seem, similarly, just as interesting and powerful as they must have been then. It’s the dramas that consistently struggle, IMO, with even the best requiring some serious patience and acclimatization to the time & style to enjoy.