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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:23 pm
by Jasmine1022
70 Quirks about me:

1. What are your initials?
KEK

2. What is your favorite thing to wear?
anything from Old Navy

3. Last thing you ate?
A mini Kit-Kat bar....but shhhh...don't tell my dr. that!

4. One place you will NEVER eat at?
A bathroom

5. I say Shotgun, you say?
Fuck!

6. Last person you hugged?
Mallie

7. Does anyone you know wanna date you?
I don't know...don't care...i already have the best boyfriend in the world

8. Would you date anyone you met online?
No

9. Name something you like physically about yourself.
my ass

10. The last place you went out to dinner to?
My work...the Perry Restaurant

11. Who is your best friend?
Kristen

12. What time of the day is it?
6:55 pm

13. Who/What made you angry today?
nothing, acutally

14. Baseball or Football?
football

15. Ever gone skinny dipping?
yeah

16. Favorite type of Food?
Chinese and Italian

17. Favorite holidays:
Valentine's Day

18. Do you download music:
yes indeed

19. Do you care if your socks are dirty?
omg yeah...thats gross

20. Opinion of Chinese symbol tattoos?
im getting onse on my wrist

21. Would you date the person who posted this?
no....i dont even know who it was...but im pretty sure it was a girl and thats icky

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
yes indeed

23. Do you love anyone?
yessssss

24. Are colored contact lenses sexy?
it depend son the color and the person wearing them

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?
no...i kinda want to though

26. Have you ever gone white water rafting?
nope...but again, i would love to

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you?
ewwww...yes

28. How many pets do you have?
too many to count

29. Have you met a real redneck?
haha...im from hamburg so yeah

30. How is the weather right now?
warm...its really pretty

31.what are you listening to right now?
some movie

32. What is your current favorite song?
lost in this moment...big and rich

33. What was the last movie you watched?
this one...i have no clue what it is though

34. Do you wear contacts?
yes i dooooo

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
melots house

36. What do you hate?
fake people

37. How many piercings have you had?
7

38. What piercings do you want?
i wanna get my tongue done

39. What's one thing you've learned this year?
how much you can learn from your mistakes

40. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
a venti mocha frappaccino

41. Which is better: Facebook or MySpace?
myspace

42. Have you ever fired a gun:
no

43. Are you missing someone?:
very much

44. Favorite TV show?
grey's anatomy

45. Do you have an obession with WoW?:
no i dont

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?
haha....macy gray

47. What Magazines are you reading?
im obsessed with cosmo

48. Who would you like to see right now?
my boyfriend

49. Favorite movie of all time?
the little mermaid

50. Do you find yourself loved?
yes i do

51. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren't suppose to?
haha..yeah

52. Favorite smell?
fantasy by britney spears

53. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn?
butter & salt

54. Have you ever done the celebrity challenge on www.xHuh.com?
no?

55. Which celebrity does www.xHuh.com say you look like?
idk

56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away recently?:
not for a while

57. Our Lady Peace or Nickelback?
nickleback

58. What's something that really bugs you?
unpainted toenails

59. Do you like Michael Jackson?
no

60. Taco Bell or Burger King?
taco bell

61. What's your favorite perfume?
fantasy

62. Favorite football team?
eagles

63. Favorite cereal?
lucky charms

64. Nipple or Nose rings?
nose

65. What's the longest time you've gone without sleep?
2 days

66. Last time you went bowling?
a monh ago or so

67. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?
In the drivers seat of my car

68. Who was your last phone call?
melot

69. Last time you were at work?
this morning

70. What's the closest orange object to you?
a blanket

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:53 pm
by Lazario
10 minutes

Tingler (1959) (19:27)
Strait-Jacket (1964) (19:05)
Sleepaway Camp II (1988) (18:53)
The Crazies (1973) (18:39)
Return of the Living Dead (1985) (18:32)
Piranha (1978): 20th Anniversary Edition (17:37)
Nightmare City (1980) (16:33)
Deep Red (1975) (15:21)
House (1986) (14:36)
Tower of London (1962) (14:03)
Haunted Palace (1963) (13:31)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) (13:30)
God Told Me To (1976) (12:50)
Urban Legend (1998) (12:33)
Inferno (1980) (12:15)
Comedy of Terrors (1964) (12:10)
Premature Burial (1962) (12:06)
Tenebre (1982) (12:03)
Bride of Chucky (1998) (11:57)
Manhattan Baby (1982) (11:29)
Critters (1986) (11:12)
Dolls (1986) (10:39)
Tales from the Hood (1995) (10:27)
13 Ghosts (1960) (10:08)


Less than 10 minutes

House by the Cemetery (1981) (9:07)
Mary Reilly (1996) (8:53)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) (7:25)
Fright (1971) (5:09)
Arachnophobia (1990) (4:50)
Demons (1985) (3:29)

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:33 am
by Jasmine1022
Now that u have opened this bulletin u must put r.i.p (some one)
who u loved that passed away. if u dont, something will happen to the person u care about the most in 24 hours. if u really cared about the person who passed away u will do this!


Another *Angel* we have watchin over
mom and dad sisters and brothers lil cody all my friends i love and miss you all
son Robinson
Mary S. Lodge
Mary L. Lodge
Rodney Lodge
Evelyn Lodge
Gerald Risiing
Odessa Rising
Gina Pierce
Stephanie Daffron
Mike McQueary
John Lodge
LOttie Todd
Jeff Asberry
Mike Dicks
Clara and Clarence Tubbs
Debra Nichols
stephen richardson
Casey Nelson
Melissa Carter
Gary Johnson
Tony Eugene Bennett
Burner Lee Moats (Opa)
Elizabeth Howard
Ashley and Megan
Kyle and Jean Janes
Jay Brown
Tierney Brown & Kim Gill
Ramon Luna
Brittany Dobson
Kevin Farmer
Willard Farmer
Ruben Bright
Joey Blandford
Quentin Cheatham
*RYAN WILLIAM ALLEN*
Every day I know your shining down on us.
Joan C. Springer<3
Mike Meeks
Taylor Mackenzie Hadley
Brandon James Moore
Kiven warner
Mikal Ashlock
Jamie Stewart
Leo Vitale
Lonnie Frey
Randy House
Jerome Frey
Ryan Katt
Estella 'Segura' Barrera
dustin colburn
Nick Butzek
Hannah Hupke
Ken Hendrickson
Lee Snow
Scott Peterson
jeanette leikness my mommy :(
Misty ann Ruch
Leslie Noon
Wade Mackinnon
Tracy Fay
Arious Below
Brianna Clark
~* Jefferey Paul Vultaggio *~
*Shirley Ann* (Grandmom)
Lucille Miskulin... my gram moms... r.i.p =[ ilu & imu
Russell "My Love Muscle" Brodsky
**GRANNY **
Frank Difiglia...love u!
MY MOM JOAN, NANNY & POPPY ~ MISS U ALL SO MUCH <3
grandma and pappy sheffield... you are missed and loved!!
Pappy K, Gma K, Pappy T, Lassie, and Love... your missed and loved!
Charles Lundregan
Ricky Wall
Justin DeLorean Hawkins
Jamie Reid
MY Father, Papa, Grandma G
Jamie Reid
Dawn Moore
James L. bradley III
Lea Christine Turner
I second Lea and add Leona F. Holley
Jessica "Jessi" Sark
Eric Wyatt Chamberlin
Robert W. Jordan Jr.
Dorthy Dickie My grandma!
Sidney "Lee" Staggs 10-22-05
Dorothy "Grandma" Fraley
Marcus Paul Hicks
My Dad, Timothy Arnett
steven windus <33
Garry Ammenhauser. I miss you so much.
Cyndy... My bed's never been warm since you left :(
Zachariah (Tater)
Eric Bauer
Joey G.
Marie Alvarado
Daniel Joseph Collier
Thelma Mason
Billy Joe Cartee 8/28/06
neil smith
josh parke
john parker
justin hunks
billy jones
my kids
William Isaac "Ike" Nason Hoadley
Charles Maxwell Mcfarland,Randall Silia Mcfarland,Michael Joesph Mcfarland
Danielle Miller (Murdered 12/5/04)
Jennifer "Jen" Prevatt (Forever in our hearts and on our minds)
Robbie Lee Beldon
My great grandma- Granny Green
Lloyd Watson
Brandi young--RIP..Robert Joel Vicent 9/29/84--9/9/06 baby i love you and miss you..sry we couldnt get married sooner!!xoxo
Grandpa Sheppard, Grandma Mattison, Steven Dalton Orr, Mikey Bennett, David Leasure, Baby Brandon Miller. I miss all of you very much!!
joshua rowan, my aunt teresa, grandpa david.....we miss u all with all our hearts!....
Steven Dalton Orr ♥ We miss you so much hunn
Meg Sisto, Kayla Staples, Jordan Mckendry, Andrew ♥ Miss you
RIP Memere Chasse, Pepere, Gram, Keith Perron, Matt Parker, Megan Sisto.
Antonio Ernesto Valdez, L, Ralph Diaz II, and Myra Scott
John Rufus Walters Sr
Francisco "Cisco" Martinez Miss you buddy I know your watchin over all of us buddy take care and save a spot for me.
Jessica Ramirez
Victor Hernandez Jr
Nancy Ramirez
Jeanine Baker
GISSELLE
MARTIN
YOLANDA
CECY
DAD
Grandpa
Mrs.Gonzalez
Aunt Chaio
Robert Jenkinz [[meh uncle]] i mizz u....wish i culda seen u one mo time
Bryan McIntosh
Queen Diana Lynn Porter
Ruth Hudson
Edward McIntosh
Brian Sanderfield
♥Carmello Andrew Diaz Jr♥.[[A Friend && Brother && A Son]] [[We All Love && Miss You]]
Randy Wade Hale.....r.i.p
Jim staff
Jd and John R.I.P.
Lance Bills...R.I.P....
♥grandma and grandpa al♥...R.I.P.
Grandpa/grandma allen....R.I.P
Grandma Georgia and Uncle Ernie
My Aunt Birtha
Markus Hemingway.... i miss u a lot
♥jeff riggs ♥ --my daddy--
my grandad </3
grandpa, other grandpa, and grandma =[
my grandma...
SHAD HOUSTON ABBOTT
JARRED SHROPSHiRE
ALLiSON RAULSTON && POPPY!
Jonathon Walker...RIP
My Great Grandmother Mary Poe ♥ I miss you!
Henry Brown
My Dad, My friend Simon motley, my friend tommy, My grandma
My great-grandmothers, my friend Simon Motley, my friend Will Chambers and all my great-grandfathers
my dad terry "bam bam" gordy and my granny.
Dakotah durham,travis jones, & my grandma
Bill Johnson (my pop)
SImon Motley....we are gonna miss you man
Papa Imu and ilu
Simon Motley...Brothers for life man I love you.
David Pratt...... even though i only knew you for a little while you were a great man
Zeke Brown- cause ima kill him i hate you
Robbie Clark- u will b greatly missed by many
Anna Sirizzotti- I missed you grandma!
ZZ -------WE LOVE YOU PLEASE WATCH OVER US.....bRANDON bROZE
Zaul Zennon Zamora- i love you my brother
Ray Hutchinson... died doing what he loved serving our country
Chris Brennan... finally at peace
Chris Joachimi
David J. McBride- Love You
Crystal-- We love and miss you!!!!!!
CRYSTAL LEYENDECKER-MY SISTER. I LOVE YOU SOO MUCH!!!!!
Karen- My Daddy... love you always & miss you something terrible!
ASHLEY- MY GRANDMA ....LOVE YOU LOTS
JULIE- THOMAS RAY PARSUTT* MISS HIM SO MUCH*
RAQUEAL~JASON "MIWK" HEBERT
CRYSTAL S~ Megan Mardis
Bino...Vincent Ruiz
Norma.....My guardian Angel****Richey******* Love ya babe!
Bill Rose and Dick McIntosh (both taken from Cancer) (((Love you!)))
George Price and Vera Price )
Morgan williamson ) RIP ******
Laroy williamson )
Dad~ I miss you every day!!!
Papa Gene ~ wish you were here, good ol' conversation ~Rach*
Thomas Hunter Owens~~~ Miss you everyday!!! And wish you were still here and that you could have met my babies and hubby!!!! I LOVE YOU
james enz-dude we miss you
Moniquee LeCompte~~ U will always be my girl.. miss u bunches cant wait to see you again.
Jason pierce~ Glad ur not in pain no more.. ur still missed and loved by many!
Marie Brier~~ We love and miss you granny
Betty Willie~~ I love you granny take care of my mom 4 me please!
♥Tammy Gay♥~~ I cant even express how much i love and miss you... untill the day I die my heart will bleed 4 you.... ♥Regina
Michael Wayne Prisock..shot his self he was only 21 years old...i love you mikey and .Asia Mya Johnson...she was racing down 45 and the car she was racing spun out of control and hit her she was DOA...i miss her more than life..i love you Mya...Michell Nutter....she was found deceased and that is all i know of her...it was nixce to see her before she passed...Tyonnia my niece... i remember her face and little body laying with no movement she looked like she was a collectors doll as she looked just like one...my first time seeing her was at her funeral...RIP i miss you all cant wait till we meet again...loves

R.I.P. Edward "Buster" Rigney--- Grandpa/ R.I.P. Ruby jewel mills macmillan/ Great grandma .Miss you!! R.I.P.

GRANDPA (CHARLES MENDENHALL) LOVE YOU AND MiSS YOU

Grandpa/Great Grandpa~(Charles Sutherland) We love and Miss you

R.I.P MY SISTER CLAUDIA ANN PAYNE I LOVE YOU.....
MY GRANDPARENTS AUNTS UNCLES BROTHERS AND SISTER AND COUSINS
Grandpa (John Morris) I miss you and Love you

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:43 pm
by jwa1107
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:38 am
by Jasmine1022

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:03 pm
by Prudence
Image

IT IS AN ART...
...in progress.
Myself as my animated self, or Lady Prudence at my age.
Take your pick.
I'm nowhere near finished with this!

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:53 pm
by Jasmine1022
can you name 12 people?
1. Doug
2. MattOnSlits
3. Nick
4. Crazy Steph
5. Caitlin
6. NicHue
7. Mattyo
8. Becky
9. Stephanie
10. Brenda
11. Alyse
12. Chelsie

DON'T LOOK AHEAD UNLESS U FILLED UP THE TOP!!

1. how did you meet 3?
At the GSA at my old college and then again through Shane.

2. what would you do if 2 and 6 were going out?
It would be kinda confusing cause there was that weird period of time last summer when I didn't know if they liked eachother... And then I'd probably bitch him out for breaking up with Chelsie, cause yeah, they're engaged, and Nic's too young for him. >_<

3. how long have you known number 8?
A few months

4.What do you think of number 7?
He's awesome. I'm gonna miss him like crazy when he leaves for IUP in a few days though!!

5. what would you do if number 4 confessed they loved you?
Ah shit... Haven't we been in a similar situation before? I'd probably cry, a lot, and feel like a really shitty person.

6. A fact about 9?
She loves corndogs.

7. who is 2 going out with?
Chelsie!

9. would you live with 8?
Mmhmm! We'd be awesome room-mates.

10. Where does 7 live?
He will be living near Pittsburgh in a few days. :(

11. What do you like about number 1?
Where do I start and when do I finish? He's sweet, he's gorgeous, he's smart, but he knows not to go by just what's taught in school, he's honest, giving, talented, an amazing singer, a great boyfriend, artistic, has a great taste in music, and he isn't perfect. That's what I like about him. He's not perfect.

12. Is number 6 your best friend?
She's a really close friend, mmhmm. I don't really have "a" best friend.

13. You miss number 12?
Not really. I can see her when she comes over.

14. What is your opinion of number 11?
I love her and her cuteness, and I want her to make sushi for us!! hehe.

15. Would you ever go out with number 3?
Nooo, he's like a brother to me. Eww. Incest.

16. What would you do if 3 and 1 were going out?
Shit my fucking pants... And punch Nick in the head... But I'd probably deserve it anyway, karma and all.

17. Ever go somewhere with number 10?
Well, I used to go over her house all the time when she lived with her dad and we'd walk places. We went on day trips a couple times.

18. Would you ever go out with 11?
Nah, I don't like her like that, but she is amazing. :)

19. Have you ever slept over at 1's house?
That's for me to know and you not to.

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:17 pm
by Isidour
http://es.netlog.com/Bambi_Sammael/blog ... 16087#body

the new text I made that will be published tomorrow in the newspaper...(here in Guadalajara and in Campeche :D )

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:20 am
by Jasmine1022
if you were toast, would you be butter or jam?

peanut butter.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:24 am
by blackcauldron85
@ LaDracul- Ashley Tisdale doesn't play a blonde b---h in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"...

I am a huge HSM fan, and I loved the sequel, and I'll be buying the DVD when it comes out. I hope that all the stars come out for HSM3- it'll more than likely be the last HSM movie with them in it (as I mentioned a while ago, I can see Disney pulling a "Saved By the Bell: The New Class").

I'll also be buying "The Tinker Bell Movie", but I think that HSM2 has a broader fan base.

(my JimHillMedia post)

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:02 pm
by jwa1107

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:30 am
by Jasmine1022
alright, then...tina it is. bitch.

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:09 pm
by Prudence
Image Image

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:18 pm
by PeterPanfan
The Black Cauldron- Gurgi!
The Sword in the Stone- the squirrel...she's not really a sidekick, but she's awesome!
Robin Hood- Skippy & Toby
The Great Mouse Detective- Olivia (if she's considered a sidekick

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:42 am
by blackcauldron85
Initially, my niece's script dictated that Anastasia be burnt at the stake, but we never got animation relating to that dramatically powerful scene. Similarly, we planned on quartering the stepmother by wild horses (another one of my niece's more ingenious ideas), but the animation studio only delivered Lucifer getting naughty with Pom-Pom.

(part of Julian's hilarious "Cinderella II" interview!)

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:08 pm
by Jasmine1022
· ~SHANNON~ · ~CHEYNA~ · ~ELIZABETH~ · ~ALEX~

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:37 am
by blackcauldron85

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bung ... llaugh.htm
The Last Laugh (1924)
directed by F.W. Murnau
Plot Summary
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An aging doorman at a Berlin hotel takes great pride in his position and its complimentary uniform that affords him respect at the tenement where he lives with his daughter. He loses his job to a younger, stronger man and is given a less respectable position in the washroom. He manages to steal his old uniform and wears it home to avoid the derision of his neighbors. At his daughter's wedding party, he gets drunk and has strange visions. The next day, one of the women from his tenement discovers his lowered status, and it spreads throughout the building. He is harshly ridiculed when he comes home that evening and returns to the hotel to escape humiliation. The doorman gives back his uniform to the night watchman on duty and goes to stay in the washroom. The watchman puts a coat over the old porter as he sits alone in the darkened lavatory. The film's only title card pops up saying that the story should really end, but the author has taken pity on the doorman and given him an "improbable epilogue". A newspaper article relays that he has inherited a huge amount of money. The doorman is then shown at his old hotel eating an extravagant meal with the night watchman. He helps out the new washroom attendant and rides off in a fancy carriage, respected and content.
Commentary


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An exceptional work that combines technical virtuosity with important thematic concerns, The Last Laugh is a highly influential film that holds up well. It is one of several great films in the brilliant but tragically short career of director F.W. Murnau. Besides Murnau, some of the most talented people in cinema at this time worked on the film including cinematographer Karl Freund, screenwriter Carl Mayer (who also co-wrote The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), and actor Emil Jannings who plays the main character. With incredible camerawork the film successfully meshes subjective elements of German Expressionism with the more realistic and straightforward narrative of the Kammerspiel genre, which deals with problems of contemporary lower-middle-class life. Despite an ending that comes from nowhere to abruptly change the tone, the film keeps a tightly controlled focus on its protagonist’s downfall and displays a fatalistic pessimism. Ironically, by restricting its scope to one man’s plight, it achieves a universal, timeless quality found in great works of tragedy.

The innovative camerawork remains one of the most striking aspects and is crucial to the film’s success. The opening shot has the camera riding down the hotel elevator, exploring the lobby by tracking through toward the revolving door, and then looking through this door to the porter working outside in the rain. This movement clearly establishes the spatial relationships in the hotel, introduces the main character, and even possibly foreshadows his fall from grace with the elevator and rain both coming down. Later, the doorman is shown reading his letter of demotion through a hotel office window while the manager is seen through another window on the left of the screen. This breaking up of the frame conveys the relative indifference of the manager and the separation between the two men. The camera then tracks forward toward the doorman and seemingly through the window into the office. This sequence is highly reminiscent of a celebrated moment in the later Citizen Kane when the camera appears to move through a skylight and into the El Rancho nightclub. Adding to the film’s realism is the establishment of off-screen space, most memorably during the porter’s successful reclaiming of his uniform. The camera slowly dollies in on the sleeping bellhops, and the doorman runs across the frame to clearly show that events are taking place outside of the camera’s gaze.

The doorman’s drunken episode allows the camera and the film to be at their most obviously subjective. The camera spins around the room to suggest his intoxication before entering two contrasting dreams that convey different ways of psychologically dealing with his lost job. The more realistic one shows the porter as the object of ridicule in his tenement and includes a montage of sneering and laughing faces in close-up. The doorman’s other dream is a quite humorous fantasy of him lifting a huge piece of luggage with one hand and tossing it gracefully up in the air in front of an admiring crowd. Besides being technically fascinating, these sequences illustrate the workings of the protagonist’s mind in response to his trauma: fearing the worst and escaping through fantasy. Additionally, the long duration of many of the shots deserves mention. These long takes are necessary in many instances because the mobile camera is constantly reframing and displaying new visual information. They also tend to give a sense of great importance to the porter’s predicament and add pathos to shots like his taking final refuge in the lonely washroom before the "improbable epilogue".

There is also some symbolism to be found in the framing of scenes and in various objects within the narrative. An apparent expressionistic example would be the doorman’s vision of the hotel toppling over on top of him. The place that had given him pride and a sense of purpose now threatens to ruin him. Similarly, the uniform that he had once proudly worn and in which had seemed a strong, imposing figure is vital to his self-definition and sense of worth. Without it he is merely an anonymous older man in the city, and Jannings shows this through his now hunched-over posture and slow, resigned walk. The various shots of (often clear) doors and windows form a motif in the visual style. They remind one of the protagonist’s former position but also more abstractly suggest other ideas: a ‘window’ into this man’s existence we are getting to look through or perhaps a ‘passing through’ in life to another conception of oneself or state of being. After the porter receives the gear for his new washroom job, he walks through a set of doors into a completely dark area as if he is slipping into a void of nothingness. The most emphasized of these elements, however, is the revolving door in which the porter is spinning when he sees his replacement passing. This sequence illustrates the cyclical transition where old is replaced by new, and the door becomes a symbol for the inevitable changes in life that time brings.

The final section of the film poses problems for interpretation and for tonal congruity. Because there are no other intertitles in the film, when one comes up to explain this epilogue, it causes what feels like a sharp division in the action. This split, along with the title mentioning "Here the story should really end", causes one to almost disregard the end of the picture. It’s not that there is a desire to see the doorman left in his "forlorn" state, but the rest of the film so clashes with what came before that a little of its power is diminished. It is somewhat satisfying to see the former porter help out the new washroom attendant and give the poor guy on the street a ride while pushing away the new doorman. One almost forgets that the protagonist’s excessive pride in his job had caused him a great deal of emotional anguish. Some critics have seen the ending as a deliberate parody of a ‘happy ending’ or as a metaphor for the money due to the struggling UFA studio from the talent-sharing deal with American studios. Or perhaps Mayer was guarding against someone else changing the ending as they did with Caligari.

Whatever the case may be, The Last Laugh emerges as an extremely important film in cinematic history, particularly for its integration of various modes of objective and subjective representation and fluid camerawork. The almost complete lack of title cards allows it to succeed aesthetically and thematically in strictly visual terms and marks it as a work of pure cinema.

7 of 10


(I'm writing a paper on the 1924 German silent film "The Last Laugh". I hope none of you actually read that whole thing! :lol:)

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:08 am
by Prudence
Image
This giraffe did. She and I are one and the same, so yes, I read the paper.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:49 am
by blackcauldron85
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/laugh/review/132198

(a link I used for my paper)

(Just to let you all know, my previous copy/paste was not my paper, but a review that I printed out to help me with mine...I can't take credit for it!)

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:04 pm
by Jasmine1022
warm and fuzzy like i barfed all over myself.