tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post3392754194659981076..comments2024-03-21T17:54:04.910-04:00Comments on Silent Volume: Les Vampires (1915 to 1916)Chris Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511805377064572471noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-88612115393557303172012-08-29T09:07:20.634-04:002012-08-29T09:07:20.634-04:00Good point about Irma's shifting loyalties. I ...Good point about Irma's shifting loyalties. I have FANTOMAS here at the house, awaiting view and review--I'm hesitant to get started.Chris Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511805377064572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-32808171970991861302012-05-04T11:35:58.148-04:002012-05-04T11:35:58.148-04:00I can pretty much agree with this. Though I loved ...I can pretty much agree with this. Though I loved the adventurous elements of Les Vampires, they were too far and few in between for me, and too tenuously held together by the dull investigative angle.<br /><br />Irma Vep was cool, but a little overrated as a proto-femme-fatale, considering her unshaking but constantly changing loyalty to whomever happens to be "dominant" at the time :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-53075128429418854092011-12-28T21:10:44.451-05:002011-12-28T21:10:44.451-05:00True... but since I'm not naturally photogenic...True... but since I'm not naturally photogenic, the choice had less to do with ego than it did necessity in the face of limited resources.<br /><br />And hey, at least you know who I am, right Anonymous?Chris Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511805377064572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-18020976102570939352011-12-28T16:08:11.523-05:002011-12-28T16:08:11.523-05:00Never trust a blog where the author puts a big, sm...Never trust a blog where the author puts a big, smug photo of himself at the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-90317038655270264572011-12-05T00:03:29.808-05:002011-12-05T00:03:29.808-05:00I'm surprised to hear this series was such a l...I'm surprised to hear this series was such a letdown. Though I'm sure I'll check it out at some point, I'm glad to know I shouldn't expect much. Thanks for the thoughtful review. It's such a bummer that someone named Musidora isn't more fascinating.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587905976811500791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-75707323408724757122011-12-04T22:41:52.705-05:002011-12-04T22:41:52.705-05:00I don't want to give the impression that Feuil...I don't want to give the impression that Feuillade was a total incompetent--there are moment in the serial that look magnificent. But its flaws aren't the kind you expect from a film made in 1915.<br /><br />It's strange.Chris Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511805377064572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-25841988161522910232011-12-04T18:17:38.046-05:002011-12-04T18:17:38.046-05:00I've heard about this series and its legendary...I've heard about this series and its legendary aura, but had never seen it - it sounds quite disappointing, by your description. It's probably unfair to apply our standards to films made over 90 years ago, but Feuillade doesn't seem to have had the most basic ideas of how to film action, which even the Keystone Kops had.Grand Old Movieshttp://grandoldmovies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com