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cheesepie:
I recently bought Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou, and L'Age D'Or by the same guys for my girlfriends birthday.
   I heard they were amazing and she mentioned Salvador Dali films once, but I don't know anything about silent films at all. I know she loves them though.

Was this a good idea for films? Should I have gotten other films? What are some other good silent films anyway?

thanks!

Kai:
I really like Un Chien Andalou (Although techincally you can watch it on the internet pretty easily, although having these things o DVD is nice). I haven't seen L'Age D'Or.



I'm assuming she likes the crazy surrealist films, which totally makes your girlfriend a keeper.

cheesepie:
Yeah... it says on the back of the DVD of L'Age D'Or that it"was denounced by Mussolini's ambassador, earned its backer a threat of excommunication and was banned by the French Police all within two weeks of its release" in 1930. I can't wait to see this

ayePod:
Un Chien Andalou is a visual assault. It is intense. And one of my favourites but I am more a fan of the Keaton and Chaplin films and the old suspense silents.

chupones:
Un Chien Andalou can be a bit too intense for some people. I usually recommend:

Metropolis
Sunrise
Pandora's Box
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
A Fool There Was
Nosferatu
The Lodger (Hitchcock silent)
Intolerance
Battleship Potemkin
Birth of A Nation
Any and all Keatons and Chaplins.

I could recommend more if you'd like.

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