Monday 5 January 2009

Monday night (as opposed to Sunday night) is...


King Vidor's 1928 silent, The Crowd. Here beginneth...




The first time I saw this it struck me as great cinematic poetry. No great heroes or heroics, only the ordinary borne along on great gusts of flame. I'll put up bits of it during the week and say more later. Watch the boy coming up those stairs.



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