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On The Artist, The Lure of Nostalgia, and Ten Silent Movies Worth Talking Up

John Farr | Posted 05.18.2013 | Entertainment
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John Farr

Just when you start believing there's no hope for anything daring and original coming out of Movieland, something gets released that surprises you. The Artist is one such movie -- and what's new about it is that it's old.

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BLOG WATCH> G. W. Pabst's Westfront 1918 on MoMA's Inside/Out

MoMA | Posted by | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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When we last encountered G. W. Pabst (1885--1967), he had made the startling Die Buchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box). He then directed two more silent ...

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G.W. Pabst: A Film Director for All Seasons

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Thomas Gladysz

G.W. Pabst stands alongside Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau as one of the three great directors working in Germany during the silent film era. Pabst, however, has not always gotten the attention paid to his more celebrated colleagues.

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