February 22, 2009

some screengrabs

My computer is getting loaded with screenshots, so I thought I'd share some of my favorites.

The Man with a Movie Camera.


Puzzling pistol.

9413.




Love of Zero.




A Canterbury Tale.



Shadows.

Under the Roofs of Paris.



La Chinoise.

Preface to Celine and Julie.

Daybreak Express.


DG should see this.

Speedy.

My all-time favorite Lloyd moment.

February 09, 2009

top 50, Feb. 09

Made for the TLC 1000.
I don't plan to do it again for a long time. A copy for my archives:

1. The Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)
2. Sullivan's Travels (Sturges, 1942)
3. A Canterbury Tale (Powell and Pressburger, 1944)
4. The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch, 1940)
5. Sherlock Jr. (Keaton, 1924)
6. Love Me Tonight (Mamoulian, 1932)
7. Under the Roofs of Paris (Clair, 1930)
8. Little Man, What Now? (Borzage, 1934)
9. Marie, a Hungarian Legend (Fejos, 1932)
10. Major Barbara (Pascal, 1941)
11. Manhattan (Allen, 1979)
12. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (Florey and Vorkapich, 1927)
13. Night at the Crossroads (Renoir, 1932)
14. Mr. Arkadin (Welles, 1955)
15. The Palm Beach Story (Sturges, 1942)
16. 14 Juillet (Clair, 1933)
17. Lonesome (Fejos, 1928)
18. The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich, 1934)
19. A propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930)
20. His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940)
21. Salt for Svanetia (Kalatozov, 1930)
22. Diary of a Chambermaid (Renoir, 1946)
23. The Love of Zero (Florey, 1927)
24. Easy Living (Leisen, 1937)
25. Cluny Brown (Lubitsch, 1946)
26. F for Fake (Welles, 1974)
27. City Girl (Murnau, 1930)
28. In Spring (Kaufman, 1929)
29. The River (Borzage, 1929)
30. The Scarlet Empress (von Sternberg, 1934)
31. Ecstasy (Machaty, 1933)
32. Le Million (Clair, 1931)
33. Two for the Road (Donen, 1967)
34. Brand Upon the Brain! (Maddin, 2006)
35. Man's Castle (Borzage, 1933)
36. The Good Fairy (Wyler, 1935)
37. One Hour with You (Lubitsch, 1932)
38. Listen to Britain (Jennings and McAllister, 1942)
39. The Docks of New York (von Sternberg, 1928)
40. True Heart Susie (Griffith, 1919)
41. The Cameraman (Sedgwick, 1928)
42. One of Our Aircraft is Missing (Powell and Pressburger, 1942)
43. Swing Time (Stevens, 1936)
44. The Cranes are Flying (Kalatozov, 1957)
45. The Moon is Blue (Preminger, 1953)
46. Exit Smiling (Taylor, 1926)
47. The Crime of M. Lange (Renoir, 1936)
48. Borderline (MacPherson, 1930)
49. The Devil and Miss Jones (Wood, 1941)
50. L'Atalante (Vigo, 1934)