This round's theme is: Silent Films

Time to venture back into the very beginning of cinema. Before sound, before color, when title cards ruled the day. But don't be too suspicious of the silent era. There are many films that are perfectly enjoyable still.

Submit one movie per comment please, and make a case for why we should watch it. Plenty to choose from!

lelibertaire:

I'm going to nominate:

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. A two hour silent film that follows a couple's struggle to find their love after a woman seduces the husband into considering abandoning the family. I've actually never watched it so that's me trying to pitch it from the synopsis. I've been meaning to watch this film for a while. It's consistently cited as one of the greatest movies of all time and one of the best of the silent era. Roger Ebert listed it was one of his great movies


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