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Old 24-05-2008, 10:01 PM
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I love watching silent films and I want to see some british silent films but I can't find any.

Does anyone know any good british silent films?

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Well, you could start by looking at the BFI catalogue; they have the wonderful Piccadilly on DVD, and A Cottage On Dartmoor is due in a matter of days....a superb film. They have some good sets concentrating on the pioneer filmmaker RW Paul, and an excellent set on Dickens silents, some US, some UK....The silent Blackmail is available as an extra on the German sound DVD put out by arthaus. For the definitive silent news, try looking at the fantastic blogsite 'Bioscope' which rounds up new releases....
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Hitchcock's The Lodger is a good one, a lot of his familiar themes are running in this silent.

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Hitchcock's The Lodger is a good one, a lot of his familiar themes are running in this silent.

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Careful though...try and get the BFI release, not the Network Hitchcock boxset, which is terribly disappointing for its silent content. You might find the BFI VHS of The Ring on ebay too....
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Careful though...try and get the BFI release, not the Network Hitchcock boxset, which is terribly disappointing for its silent content. You might find the BFI VHS of The Ring on ebay too....
I went for the German Boxset on Concorde 'Hitchcock The Early Years' very good print. There's a BFI DVD for this?

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Shooting Stars is excellent - it's a murder mystery set in the British silen t film industry. No idea if it's available on dvd though. The silent version of Blackmail is much better than the sound version (the silent was released after the sound)
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I went for the German Boxset on Concorde 'Hitchcock The Early Years' very good print. There's a BFI DVD for this?

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Sorry, memory playing tricks...it was a VHS too, but far superior to the Network offering. This is the place to explore... A Cottage on Dartmoor « The Bioscope
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Shooting Stars is excellent - it's a murder mystery set in the British silen t film industry. No idea if it's available on dvd though.
Not yet....
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Thank you so much for the replies.

I will have a look a the BFI catalogue and see if I can find the films on DVD.

Thank you all.
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Just to mention that there are some part silent part talkies around particularly from BIP>The first half is silent and the second half sound.
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There ae a number of silent films available for viewing at the Mediatheque - which of course is housed in the BFI (or the NFT) and is recommended as a place to visit anyway.
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If you're interested in British Silent Cinema, could I recommend "Silent Britain"(bfi DVD)

It's a BBC documentary tracing the neglected history of the British silent era.
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It might be worth noting that the KINO release of the film Cottage on Dartmoor includes the documentary Silent Britain as well, I've included a link to their site here because it has some good info on the disc itself but you can pick this up on many UK sites.

A Cottage on Dartmoor (plus Silent Britain) - Kino on Video

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I noticed that The Battle of the Somme is available on DVD. I have always been curious about that, since I saw a brief clip in the excellent televion documentary series The Great War.

The first world war is a subject of endless interest for me, and I am always looking for books and films on the topic. I am also always on the lookout for silent films of good quality.

Has anyone seen it? I assume it must be very powerful, if that clip is any indication. I cannot imagine what the impact would have been for those at home watching it.
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I noticed that The Battle of the Somme is available on DVD. I have always been curious about that, since I saw a brief clip in the excellent televion documentary series The Great War.


Has anyone seen it? I assume it must be very powerful, if that clip is any indication. I cannot imagine what the impact would have been for those at home watching it.
It's stunning, utterly astonishing; I've seen it three times now on the big screen with the music performed live....but where have you seen it for sale?? Can you provide a link?? There is a modern documentary film of the same name, you have to be wary; I've not seen the restored version touted for sale anywhere....
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