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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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Kinda weird but kinda fun, too, considering it's from 1927 (colorization added, of course)...
Interesting Rick, though I could be very wrong, this is what I got out of it.
The men were in awe (and enjoying themselves) to see the beautiful dance done by the women, it even made the drying men enjoy a few moments. BUT Satan made them think it was bad, and the grim reaper came to take away the drying men at the end of enjoying his primal instincts.
Rick you might have noticed I really don't comment on subjects that deal with religion!! I went to a Catholic school from 1-8 grade. Something really scared the hell out of me in the lower grades, so I panic if my mind goes to far thinking about those things. Please if your going to say anything just say Scott that's alright if you don't comment on those things. Also feel free to delete any of this.
Free fell though to comment if I got the dance part right.
Scott - Oh gosh! I hadn't even noticed that! Bummer. Perhaps the creator decided the video had been on YouTube long enough. I'll see what I can do to replace it.
Aaaahhh. 1927, when women could get away with this costume and, OH MY GOODNESS, actually show a navel(although this one has a jewel in it) and get away with it. Short of full-on nudity(male and Female), movies pushed the envelope in those early days when it came to baring the bods to heighten interest and viewership. I've seen several movies from that era and women's breasts and nipples and the occasional camel-toe were very visible in skimpy costumes and in silhouette behind a translucent screen. And one movie that really amazed me was the 1934 movie "Quest for Beauty" starring Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino. There is a locker room scene with no less than 10 naked men's buttocks fully exposed! Very risque and probably one of the movies that brought the Hays Code to Hollywood. The censors became hellbent on protecting the moviegoers from such carnal filth. Strict guidelines were implemented and nudity was forbidden in most forms. The Hays code was in place from 1934 until 1968. I have to add, I never understood why the belly button was so salacious and provocative. Holy cow, we all have one, don't we? Can't stick your dick in an innie and an outie doesn't make any sense either. Oh well, Just never thought that as something scandalous and not to be viewed. Gotta love those 60s for that alone. After that, nudity(breasts and butts) started appearing in the flicks and now we have full frontal men and women on display at the cineplex. And then, of course, the blessed internet where we can overdose on all the bare necessities and naughty bits, 24 hours a day. Heaven. I'm in heaven...
The Hays code also shifted what was acceptable. Hence why directors are overwhelmingly male afterward, even today.
And by the time nudity started coming back regularly, dudes having sex was shifting from "common event we don't talk about but every male knows is happening because every male has done it to some degree" to "a rarity which defines you and makes you a pariah".
All of which explains Hollywood's hetero male focus.
What's funny to me is that this movie was partially intended to dunk on the Nazis, but they loved it, so it was spared the label of entartete Kunst.
The colorization of this clip is a marvel ... especially for revealing how heavily made up the faces of the male actors (in formal attire, in the crowd) were. Of course, those were B&W days and even more to the point, the era before staged emotions were adjusted for the camera's finer eye (close-ups on the big screen) -- more subtlety was needed (and eventually was devised) than was ever appropriate for live stage productions (where the emotions conveying the plot had to be seen in a large hall). So the near-hysteria called for in this scene plus the make-up lathered on to stage-play standards really combine to seem quite over the top, by today's cinema standards.
And of course, all that mascara on so many drop-dead gorgeous young men makes that crowd scene look like a cotillion at an oh-so-swanky gay bar ... which makes the crowd's histrionics at the sight of a scantily-clad young woman all the more hilarious!
FWIW, this is the first time I've seen a clip from Metropolis, so I'm reacting only to the clip. I've never seen the full movie but know it's been highly regarded as a fabulous technical achievement in its day, so I'm not intending to slam it! Rick, thanks for posting this -- it's a real treat!
Metropolis reste un film d anticipation....d il y a 100 ans ou presque....en sommes nous loin ?
ReplyDeleteScott from Massachusetts said...
ReplyDeleteInteresting Rick, though I could be very wrong, this is what I got out of it.
The men were in awe (and enjoying themselves) to see the beautiful dance done by the women, it even made the drying men enjoy a few moments. BUT Satan made them think it was bad, and the grim reaper came to take away the drying men at the end of enjoying his primal instincts.
Rick you might have noticed I really don't comment on subjects that deal with religion!! I went to a Catholic school from 1-8 grade. Something really scared the hell out of me in the lower grades, so I panic if my mind goes to far thinking about those things. Please if your going to say anything just say Scott that's alright if you don't comment on those things. Also feel free to delete any of this.
Free fell though to comment if I got the dance part right.
I also thought of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Diaochan.
DeleteShe's supposed to be the Whore of Babylon, driving men mad with desire until they tear at each oother in a jealous rage, hence Babylon the Great.
I do have to laugh at the probably unintentional word play of a bone flute.
Scott from Massachuetts said...
ReplyDeleteRick I keep meaning to ask you, why did the Joan Crawford vid have to be taken down? I always enjoyed viewing that time to time.
Anon@11:33am - Plus proche chaque année.
ReplyDeleteScott - Oh gosh! I hadn't even noticed that! Bummer. Perhaps the creator decided the video had been on YouTube long enough. I'll see what I can do to replace it.
Aaaahhh. 1927, when women could get away with this costume and, OH MY GOODNESS, actually show a navel(although this one has a jewel in it) and get away with it. Short of full-on nudity(male and Female), movies pushed the envelope in those early days when it came to baring the bods to heighten interest and viewership. I've seen several movies from that era and women's breasts and nipples and the occasional camel-toe were very visible in skimpy costumes and in silhouette behind a translucent screen. And one movie that really amazed me was the 1934 movie "Quest for Beauty" starring Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino. There is a locker room scene with no less than 10 naked men's buttocks fully exposed! Very risque and probably one of the movies that brought the Hays Code to Hollywood. The censors became hellbent on protecting the moviegoers from such carnal filth. Strict guidelines were implemented and nudity was forbidden in most forms. The Hays code was in place from 1934 until 1968. I have to add, I never understood why the belly button was so salacious and provocative. Holy cow, we all have one, don't we? Can't stick your dick in an innie and an outie doesn't make any sense either. Oh well, Just never thought that as something scandalous and not to be viewed. Gotta love those 60s for that alone. After that, nudity(breasts and butts) started appearing in the flicks and now we have full frontal men and women on display at the cineplex. And then, of course, the blessed internet where we can overdose on all the bare necessities and naughty bits, 24 hours a day. Heaven. I'm in heaven...
ReplyDeleteThe Hays code also shifted what was acceptable. Hence why directors are overwhelmingly male afterward, even today.
DeleteAnd by the time nudity started coming back regularly, dudes having sex was shifting from "common event we don't talk about but every male knows is happening because every male has done it to some degree" to "a rarity which defines you and makes you a pariah".
All of which explains Hollywood's hetero male focus.
What's funny to me is that this movie was partially intended to dunk on the Nazis, but they loved it, so it was spared the label of entartete Kunst.
Milleson - I am always amazed at how much you know!
ReplyDeleteThe colorization of this clip is a marvel ... especially for revealing how heavily made up the faces of the male actors (in formal attire, in the crowd) were. Of course, those were B&W days and even more to the point, the era before staged emotions were adjusted for the camera's finer eye (close-ups on the big screen) -- more subtlety was needed (and eventually was devised) than was ever appropriate for live stage productions (where the emotions conveying the plot had to be seen in a large hall). So the near-hysteria called for in this scene plus the make-up lathered on to stage-play standards really combine to seem quite over the top, by today's cinema standards.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, all that mascara on so many drop-dead gorgeous young men makes that crowd scene look like a cotillion at an oh-so-swanky gay bar ... which makes the crowd's histrionics at the sight of a scantily-clad young woman all the more hilarious!
FWIW, this is the first time I've seen a clip from Metropolis, so I'm reacting only to the clip. I've never seen the full movie but know it's been highly regarded as a fabulous technical achievement in its day, so I'm not intending to slam it! Rick, thanks for posting this -- it's a real treat!
I actually noticed that the first time I saw it. It was a bit uncanny to me.
DeleteMark1147 - I like your description of what's happening. What does FWIW mean?
ReplyDeleteScott - I just remembered that I never replied to your major comment. Never worry about what you do or do not comment on.
ReplyDeleteAnon@5:38am - Interesting about the partial intention.
ReplyDeleteAnon@5:24am - So that's why the men looked the way they do.
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