THE KID (EE.UU., 1921). Directed by: Charles Chaplin. Synopsis: "The Kid" is a silent black-and-white film directed by Charlie Chaplin, released in 1921. The film tells the touching story of a tramp (played by Chaplin) who finds an abandoned baby in an alley and decides to raise him as his own son. As the child […]
Original title: Safety Last! Year: 1923 Running time: 77 min. Country: United States Direction: Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Script: Harold Lloyd and Sam Taylor. Genre: Comedy Harold Lloyd's masterpiece. The scene of the brilliant comedian climbing a building is one of the greatest moments in silent cinema, and its climax - Harold hanging […]
Original title: The General Year: 1926 Length: 74 min. Country: United States Direction: Buster Keaton y Clyde Bruckman Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman Genre: Comedy Synopsis: Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) is a machinist in a Southern state and has two great loves: a girl (Anabelle Lee) and a locomotive (The General). In 1861, at the […]
An event in which cinema is transformed into living art. In the heart of Arrecife, a jewel of silent film comes to life with the unique energy of a pianist on stage. The Tiempos Modernos Festival invites you to an immersive cultural experience: the screening of "Under the Mask of Pleasure" (Die Freudlose Gasse, 1925, […]
El viernes 11 de septiembre comienza en Arrecife la quinta edición del Festival Tiempos Modernos, con la proyección de Fausto (1926), obra cumbre del cine mudo dirigida por F. W. Murnau. La pianista Natalia Nikolaevaacompañará la película en directo, creando un diálogo musical único con las imágenes. En el año de su centenario, Fausto regresa […]
