La Roue
the wheel
once this was home of all nowledge
this dusty little box of a house
a few feet from the railroad track
with a well in a small fenced yard
where a merry goat pranced
and children spilled milk
full of laughter
in the garden
the pansies seem to shake their heads
"no, don't go!!"
the watering girls goodbye
there is something amazing about purposefully composed cinematographic ideas, splendid vision and tender treatment of subject, while clearly pushing the medium beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary
it was 1922 though they say it was 23
many circles slowly close the scenes, lighting and layering surreal effects, incredible settings, absolute genius in black and white, one can not applaud enough tho in its entirety it is almost 4 hours long. and it is a "silent" film, but i watched it transfixed until 4:30 a.m even having been tired before it began. and when it was over i was breathtaken so much so that i lay there til morning thinking about it, and dozed off dreaming about it and woke up refreshed enough to skip coffee at 9 a.m
its a really good film
here are 12 minutes, hope you have a chance if you havent yet to see this
absolutely incredible piece of work in its entirety one day
Turner Classic Movies presented it as a scheduled film and they may rerun...
