THEME EXPLORATION

silent film actors

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
1996 · Olivier Assayas
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
Dan the Dandy
Dan the Dandy
1911 · D.W. Griffith
King of Kings
King of Kings
1961 · Nicholas Ray
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Le Silence de la mer
Le Silence de la mer
1949 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Manhattan Cocktail
Manhattan Cocktail
1928 · Dorothy Arzner
Pure Love
Pure Love
1930 · Mikio Naruse
Trash
Trash
1976 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

Created intensely intimate close-ups of silent actors' expressions to explore psychological and spiritual depth, most famously in The Passion of Joan of Arc.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Revolutionized silent cinema by using innovative editing and composition to amplify the expressive power of actors' movements and faces in films like Battleship Potemkin.