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Film · Sweden · 1922

Häxan

Häxan

19Leave it.

A witchcraft lecture that turns into a dare, and it is not for children.

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The review

I wouldn't put this on with children in the house. That's the review. Häxan calls itself a history of witchcraft and then stages the devil, the accusations, and the rest as a show. Benjamin Christensen, Sweden, 1922. Adult. Nudity. Not for children. Not an American crowd. I won't describe the bodies or the torture. The film mixes a lesson with a dare, and the dare is doing a lot of the work.

A study that needs the dare isn't a study I trust. That women were accused is already enough to say plainly. Adults can watch it, and only if they call it adult first. Don't let the word history do the parenting. The lesson is the excuse. The dare is why the picture moves.

Journal

Keep Häxan in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 19. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 2Industry
  2. 1Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 3Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 1Temperance
  7. 3Truth
  8. 1Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

King Kong

31 instead of 19

King Kong is still a horror film, and it scores 31 instead of 19. What you gain is industry: The crew's job is to capture the ape and sell him as a show in the city.

The eight

  1. 2
    Industry

    A staged lecture is the work, not a living any household keeps.

  2. 1
    Household

    Accused women are the material, not a marriage or a child.

  3. 2
    Piety

    The dare runs the lecture, and conscience never gets a turn.

  4. 3
    Courage

    Women are accused, and the film spends that fact on a show.

  5. 2
    Republic

    Accusation is the setting, not a debt the town pays the women.

  6. 1
    Temperance

    The dare wants the next shock and calls the wanting a lesson.

  7. 3
    Truth

    It claims a history, then will not drop the show beside it.

  8. 1
    Stewardship

    What remains is an adult showing with nudity, not an hour for a child.

Live historically

This week, write adult and nudity beside Häxan before anyone tries to queue it.

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Film · Paramount · 1926

Aloma of the South Seas

Aloma of the South Seas

19Leave it.

The print is gone, and I won't borrow 1941 to pretend I saw the islands.

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The review

Leave Aloma of the South Seas where it is, which is nowhere. The print is gone. Many lists still call it the year's largest, near 3 million, and a figure is not a film I can check. Gilda Gray as a dancer in the islands. A white veteran and a tangle of old lovers. Maurice Tourneur shot it in Puerto Rico and Bermuda. A trailer survives. The 1941 remake is a different story, and I won't tell that plot.

The islands are a costume for a white romance. Say that and stop. I haven't seen the picture because nobody can. A trailer is not a night with tired kids, and a lost hit is no reason to borrow a later film so the plot has an ending. The country paid for a romance it can no longer see.

Journal

Keep Aloma of the South Seas in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 19. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 3Industry
  2. 2Household
  3. 1Piety
  4. 2Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 2Temperance
  7. 2Truth
  8. 1Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Gone with the Wind

31 instead of 19

Gone with the Wind is still a romance film, and it scores 31 instead of 19. What you gain is courage: She loses the war, the house, and the marriages, and stays by nerve.

The eight

  1. 3
    Industry

    Gilda Gray is billed as a dancer the lost print can't show.

  2. 2
    Household

    A white veteran and a tangle of old lovers, not a home.

  3. 1
    Piety

    The print is gone, so no conscience you can check remains.

  4. 2
    Courage

    A veteran is in the billing, and any picture of the risk is gone.

  5. 2
    Republic

    The islands are a costume for a white romance, not a people.

  6. 2
    Temperance

    Old lovers are the tangle they sold, and the print is gone.

  7. 2
    Truth

    Lists still print a fortune for a picture nobody can watch.

  8. 1
    Stewardship

    A trailer survives, the film does not, and 1941 is another story.

Live historically

If a list crowns Aloma the year's hit, say the print is gone and refuse the 1941 plot.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

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Keep going

The next title is the one nearest what this house keeps, then the measure where it is thin. Nothing here is a crowd. It does not leave this device.

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