Author: Marko
Design Documentaries in the Public Domain: A Visual Archaeology
If you think design documentaries start and end with sleek, high-budget Netflix specials about trendy Scandinavian furniture, you are missing the best part of the story. The history of design…
Cyrano De Bergerac (1950): Ultimate love triangle
How to Catfish Your Cousin, Battle-Rap in 17th-Century French Poetry, and Win an Oscar with a Potato-Sized Prosthetic Nose It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with…
The Deadly Companions (1961): Sam Peckinpah’s First Film
How to Plan the Worst Road Trip in Western History with a Coffin, a Scalped Officer, and a Psychopathic Outlaw It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed…
The Great Train Robbery (1903): The Dawn of Cinematic Action
How to Blow Up a Safe, Throw a Beanbag Man Off a Train, and Shoot the Audience in the Face It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed…
Reefer Madness (1936): A Masterclass in Sensationalist Hysteria
How to Kill Your Friends, Hallucinate at a Piano, and Lose Your Mind from One Puff of the Devil’s Weed It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed…
Seven Footprints To Satan (1929): Bizarre, Silly Mystery Comedy
How to Kidnap Your Nephew, Hire a Gorilla, and Stage the Most Expensive Prank in Silent Film History It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse…
Häxan (1922): Grave robbing, witchcraft $ possessed nuns
How to Play Satan, Scandalize the World with Demonic Ass-Kissing, and Spend a Fortune on Medieval Nuns Having a Meltdown It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed…
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920): German Expressionism
How to Paint Your Own Shadows, Invent the Psychological Twist Ending, and Unleash a Black-Eyelined Sleepwalker on Germany It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse…
Rapsodia Satanica (1917): Female Faust Version
How to Sell Your Soul for Youth, Wear Mind-Blowing Art Nouveau Gowns, and Invent “Diva-Core” It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold…
L’Inferno (1911): First Italian Blockbuster
How to Adapt Dante with Headless Ghouls, a Three-Headed Satan, and the Most Terrifying 115-Year-Old Special Effects in Cinema History It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed…