Films Viewed

2012:

  • Hugo (2011) – USA – Martin Scorsese, Dir.
  • Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (2011) – USA – Constance Marks, Dir.
  • Three Orphan Kittens (1935) – USA – A Walt Disney Silly Symphony cartoon
  • The City Slicker (1918) – USA – Gilbert Pratt, Dir.; starring Harold Lloyd
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – USA – Wallace Worsley, Dir.; starring Lon Chaney (available here)
  • The Artist (2011) – France – Michel Hazanavicius, Dir.
  • Cría cuervos (1976) – Spain – Carlos Saura, Dir. & writer

Hugo Film Festival:

  • L’Arrivée d’un train à la Ciotat [The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat] (1895) – the Lumière brothers, Dirs. (available here)
  • Le Voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (1902) – France – Georges Méliès, Dir. (available here, completely silent but high-quality; here, with soundtrack by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Laurence Rosenthal; here, with English narration)
  • Escamotage d’une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin [Vanishing Lady] (1896) – France – Georges Méliès, Dir. (available here)
  • Safety Last! (1923) – USA – Fred C. Newmeyer, Dir.; staring Harold Lloyd
  • The Clock Store (1931) – USA – A Walt Disney Silly Symphony cartoon
  • Paris qui dort [Paris Asleep] (1924) – France – René Clair, Dir.
  • Le million [The Million] (1931) – France – René Clair, Dir.
  • Sherlock Jr. (1924) – USA – Buster Keaton, Dir. and star
  • Sous les toits de Paris [Under the Roofs of Paris] (1930) – France – René Clair, Dir.
  • Les quatre cent coups [The 400 Blows] (1959) – France – François Truffaut, Dir.

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