The first 3 decades of the 20th century stand out to me as a period of artistic audacity that has never really been equalled.
I'd be lying if I said that it was my favorite era for art but my respect for the Futurists, the cubists and the 2nd Viennese School remains.
If this movie has faded over the last 90 years, it's simply because it is lampooning elements of society that we have grown so used to mocking that it now seems a bit simplistic in its targets of satire.
The method however, is as distinctive as ever. Filled with blind siding moments and strangeness, it is often hard to know exactly what point is being made but a glance at Wikipedia still makes it an enriching experience and never a pretentious one that does not out-stay its welcome.
I'd be lying if I said that it was my favorite era for art but my respect for the Futurists, the cubists and the 2nd Viennese School remains.
If this movie has faded over the last 90 years, it's simply because it is lampooning elements of society that we have grown so used to mocking that it now seems a bit simplistic in its targets of satire.
The method however, is as distinctive as ever. Filled with blind siding moments and strangeness, it is often hard to know exactly what point is being made but a glance at Wikipedia still makes it an enriching experience and never a pretentious one that does not out-stay its welcome.