Huh

[basilmemories]

You know, wiki can tell me all about the devices used in the Victorian era (aka the early days of film), but yet there's no article about some of the themes and film styles they used. And yes, in this case I'm using "film" as a very, very loose term. However that aside you'd think this would be just the thing some wikiphile would love to rant about. But no, nothing. The closest reference I have on hand is... ugh. The 1992 Dracula movie. Now don't get me wrong, it's gorgeous to look at and it uses Victorian motifs and film trends wonderfully, just. I don't like how all of the actors seem to be spending every moment in the film trying to chew as much of the scenery as physically possible. -And I LIKE about half the cast.

My Balalaika Icon speaks volumes about how enthused I am about rewatching this film.

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[opusculus]

If you google specific films on youtube you can frequently find something? I think I found a few a while back, although they could be from later.

[opusculus]

OH RIGHT btw your link to your DW in your crosspost thing on LJ is broken for me. I knew I was forgetting something

[basilmemories]

I've found a few things! But they're the really short films, and that's not exactly what I'm looking for. The short (and by this I mean under half a minute) films don't really have time to set up any motifs, while the longer films that do were filmed in the last 20 years or so. I really don't like relying on secondhand sources like that.

I just realized that now. FUCKING FOOTERS HOW DO THEY WORK. No really, how do you do yours?

[opusculus]

That makes sense. Are there even any longer films in that time period? I mean, that's awfully early in film.

I...don't remember and don't want to spend 15 minutes poking around at work? REMIND ME WHEN I GET HOME or if I have time later on today I'll look.

[basilmemories]

There are? Sorta? Information's kind of conflicting at that point.

That's fine, I have to head out soon to return books anyway, and it's better then me hating on the site schemes here. Dear god why is their gradient a dark color? It's the only site scheme that I can stand, but I hate dark themes.

[opusculus]

Huh! GOOD LUCK

ACTUALLY that was easier than I thought. Just go here and type in "This entry was originally posted at [a href="%%url%%"]basilmemories @ DW[/a]. There are currently %%comment_image%% comments over there. Feel free to [a href="%%reply_url%%"]talk[/a] over there." (or however you want to change the the verbiage) I assume you know how to fix the HTML.

[basilmemories]

Oh thank god, YAY WORKING ENTRIES.