Whistling Directors

[redyred]

Now, any Leone buff worth their salt knows that the whistling at the start of FFDM was overdubbed by Sergio himself. My question is: In which other highly regarded film does the director personally provide overdubbed whistling?

[Belkin]

Now, any Leone buff worth their salt knows that the whistling at the start of FFDM was overdubbed by Sergio himself. My question is: In which other highly regarded film does the director personally provide overdubbed whistling?

Can't sleep. Am pulling my hair out on this one.   But, just to clarify, do you mean SERGIO himself and one of HIS movies? Or is it some other well known director and one of thier movie?

[redyred]

It's a different director, and one of that different director's films.

Want some clues?

[Belkin]

It's a different director, and one of that different director's films.

Want some clues?

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! GOTTA GET SOME SLEEP

[redyred]

Major German Expressionist film

[Il Buono]

M?  Fritz Lang?

[Belkin]

That would have been my guess!

[redyred]

M?  Fritz Lang?

Correct! Sorry Belkin, I'm sure you'd have got it too. So what's it to be Il Buono? A bottle of London Pride perhaps?

[Il Buono]

All bottles work for me...

By the way, about M, is it really expressionist?

[redyred]

I'd say it was the tale end of the expressionist movement, although some would argue that only the silent films were expressionist. I'd argue that although M has sound the style is still firmly in the expressionist tradition. Of course, the German Expressionist movement was really killed off in 1933, for fairly obvious reasons.

[Belkin]

I'd say it was the tale end of the expressionist movement, although some would argue that only the silent films were expressionist. I'd argue that although M has sound the style is still firmly in the expressionist tradition. Of course, the German Expressionist movement was really killed off in 1933, for fairly obvious reasons.

With you 100%, redyred. Although some would say, the German Expressionist movement had a dying swan song post-1933, with the film/documentary style of LENI RIEFENSTAHL. Scary stuff!

[redyred]

And of course most of those directors and actors who fled nazi Germany ended up in the US, and something called film noir was born...

[LINCOLNS GRANDFATHER]

 This the film based on Peter Kurten ?

[Il Buono]

I'd say it was the tale end of the expressionist movement, although some would argue that only the silent films were expressionist. I'd argue that although M has sound the style is still firmly in the expressionist tradition. Of course, the German Expressionist movement was really killed off in 1933, for fairly obvious reasons.

Thx for clearing that up, Redyred.