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Films of 1920: From Morn to Midnight

Truly the weirdest of the weird.

“So if The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari took German Expressionism and ran with it, From Morn To Midnight took it, ran with it, jumped on a motorcycle and rode it screaming straight through a brick wall.” – Lea Stans, Silentology

This is an extreme oddball of a film, so odd that it was never even released in Germany, though it may have been shown there privately. It was, however, released in Japan in 1922, for some reason. For decades after it was thought to be a lost film, until a print was discovered in Tokyo in 1959 and restored.

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Can you Spot the Surrealist*?

Here’s a little self-isolation game for you. It’s like ‘Where’s Waldo’ but way more intellectual…

(* and yes, I know I’m conflating Surrealism here with Dada and general Avant-gardeism, but I liked it as a title! Enough with the quibbling!)

Note the advice to “wear dark glasses and something to cover your ears”, and “Stay in your seats.”
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