Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Asta talks! Impossible Love (1932), BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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Three women: Ery Bos, Asta Nielsen and Ellen Schwanneke It looks good from far away, just like me…   It’s no coincidence that the very f...
Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Crimes and misdemeanours… In the Eyes of the Law (1919) with Stephen Horne, BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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Any suffering is easier to bear if the goal is great…   More Asta magic that turns what could be a melodramatic take on Crime and Punish...
Monday, 7 March 2022

A monster tragedy? Earth Spirit (1923), Stephen Horne and Pamela Hutchinson, BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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Frank Wedekind’s play has multiple connections in silent film not least of which is Louise Brooks’ genuinely iconic performance in GW Pabs...
Sunday, 6 March 2022

Her infinite variety... Downfall (1923) with John Sweeney, introduced by Pamela Hutchinson, BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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It was, with some spoilers, a day of three tragedies for Asta Nielsen at the BFI and whilst I knew what to expect from Hamlet and Lulu in...
Sunday, 27 February 2022

It’s a miracle… South (1919) & the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration on Film, with Neil Brand, BFI Dual Format

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I wonder if three spools of film ever went through more exacting experiences before they were developed.’ (F Hurley, Shackleton’s Argonau...
Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Spirited… Mod lyset (Towards the Light) (1919)/Asta Nielsen (1968), with Neil Brand, BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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  Fame is just a word written in sand…   Thus, Asta Nielsen begins her final monologue in the documentary she directed aged 86 about h...

Asta invests... The Queen of the Stock Exchange (1918)/The Guinea Pig (1913) with Costas Fotopoulos, BFI Asta Nielsen Season

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An intellectual of great refinement… the quintessence, the epitome of her era… Lotte Eisner in The Haunted Screen   Another dramatic ...