Man With A Movie List

Director: Louis Feuillade Year: 1918 Runtime: 338 min (originally 418 min split into 12 films) Source: A bootleg DVD version of what's on Youtube, but translated This had the potential to be the most interesting of the three Feuillade serials on this list.  Though it's not in his well-regarded trilogy of crime serials, it is clearly cut from the same cloth.  We have a well-to-do civilian and his friends faced off against a shadowy cabal, although the bad guys turn out to be German spies this time around.  Tih Minh aims to have one long continuous story arc, much more so than Fantomas  or Les Vampires .  The plot relies on a heady mixture of technology and psychology, and it involves amnesia potions, a great deal of hypnotism, and an extremely early mode of electronic surveillance involving wires strung through foliage.  Of course it also woudn't be a Feuillade serial without a man hidden in a wicker basket at some point.  (Seriously, the man love...

Director: Charlie Chaplin Year: 1918 Runtime: 33 minutes Source: Youtube Though it may come before his greatest and most well-known works, A Dog's Life shouldn't really be considered an "early" Charlie Chaplin film.  By 1918, Chaplin was a massive celebrity, one of the highest-paid men in the world, and his character "The Tramp" was already a global icon.  But it is clear from this film that Chaplin was only just beginning to push his character beyond pure vaudeville slapstick. A Dog's Life  is a breezy delight from beginning to end - there are plenty of great set-pieces.  The dog is plenty cute, although she doesn't actually play a huge role in what plot there is, or even in the best comedy bits.  Of course I'm just guessing here, but it's easy to imagine that Chaplin with his notorious perfectionism was immensely frustrated while dealing with a canine costar, and chose to limit her involvement.  In any case, Chaplin is more than cap...