Edition Filmmuseum has released a reconstructed version that runs to 151 minutes. It is available on DVD region 0 with English subtitles. More information here.
It's perfectly right in so many ways that this should be the film Norma Desmond watches in Sunset Boulevard, although Norma (Gloria Swanson) would have been perfect not for the role of Kelly (Gloria Swanson), but that of Queen Regina, strolling round her palace naked except for the cats, imprisoning her lover and whipping her love rival.
The only reasons I can think of why Casablanca shouldn't be counted as a film noir is that it was too popular, and has a happy ending (and there are films on this list that end well).
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Movie comment on Die freudlose Gasse
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Edition Filmmuseum has released a reconstructed version that runs to 151 minutes. It is available on DVD region 0 with English subtitles. More information here.Movie comment on He Who Gets Slapped
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So not only is this the first MGM film to feature Leo the Lion as the logo, but he also gets to play a supporting role.Movie comment on Queen Kelly
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It's perfectly right in so many ways that this should be the film Norma Desmond watches in Sunset Boulevard, although Norma (Gloria Swanson) would have been perfect not for the role of Kelly (Gloria Swanson), but that of Queen Regina, strolling round her palace naked except for the cats, imprisoning her lover and whipping her love rival.Toplist comment on Silent Era's The Top 300 Silent Era Films
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Here's TheMajor's Top 300 list.Movie comment on Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
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Epic. Especially the triptych ending. Can't wait for the sequel.Movie comment on Hamlet
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Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996) which contains every word runs to four hours.
And the 1938/9 Broadway season's first uncut Hamlet, ran for four and a half hours.
More here.
Toplist comment on Neo-Noir / Modern Noir (Post-1964)
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For anyone who is wondering where this list is from, it is the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Neo Noir list.Toplist comment on IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50
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The only reasons I can think of why Casablanca shouldn't be counted as a film noir is that it was too popular, and has a happy ending (and there are films on this list that end well).Toplist comment on IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50
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How come Casablanca isn't on this list?