Had this on my Netflix (Ireland) watch list for ages but never got around to it. So imagine my surprise when I spotted in the credits that my man Klaus Kinski was in it together with a large number of other Krimi stars (mainly in supporting roles).
Kinski only features in the last quarter of an hour but just like in DR ZHIVAGO he totally steals the show in a practically mute role as a dying Jew waiting for a…
Rob Zombie made me watch this.
While reading a recent interview in which he declared his love of Silent Cinema I was intrigued by his description of THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH:
"It’s this really weird movie with Douglas Fairbanks. He plays this character, if you can believe this, called Coke Ennyday. He’s like a Sherlock Holmes-type character, but all he does is massive amounts of coke throughout the movie, and never solves a crime. [Laughs.] You have to…
Strong contender for the most prolonged death scene of all times.
Amazing cast! and with its male/female FBI team and a parapsychologically talented serial killer, this film reminded me very much of an episode of the X-Files. I for one would have loved to have seen if the film had become something of an X-Files spin off.
Let's put things into perspective: In a few thousand years when all the movies we're discussing here will be forgotten/lost/practically incomprehensible for Future Man, these cave paintings will still be around. Now *that* is longevity in art.
One of the very last silent movies to be made and also one of the best.
Incredibly fast paced production with a quasi-modern sensibility for its pulp fiction imagery.
A would-be African explorer discovers that adventure is just a few steps away from his New York home when he together with his fiancee gets kidnapped and they are both forced to take part in black magic and satanic rituals in a vast mansion.
The film is chockablock with pulpy tropes…
