I didn’t find an easy and working movie player for wide screen setups. Like double/triple monitor setups.
I’ve got 3x 1920×1080 monitors connected to my battlestation. With a resolution of 5760×1080
Simple Python code to play a movie fullscreen
# importing vlc module
import vlc
# creating vlc media player object
media_player = vlc.MediaPlayer()
# media object
media = vlc.Media("movie.mp4")
# setting media to the media player
media_player.set_media(media)
media_player.toggle_fullscreen()
# start playing video
media_player.play()
But trying to get this stable working, I resorted to pysimplegui
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import vlc
import sys
from sys import platform as PLATFORM
try:
movie=sys.argv[1]
except:
print(sys.argv[0] + " filename")
exit()
sg.theme('DarkBlue')
layout = [[sg.Image('', size=(5760, 1080), key='-VID_OUT-')]]
window = sg.Window('Triple movie player', layout, no_titlebar=True, margins=(0,0),location=(0,0), size=(5760,1080), keep_on_top=True, finalize=True,resizable=False)
window.bring_to_front()
window.Maximize()
window.bind("<Escape>", "-ESCAPE-")
window.bind("<Return>", "-ENTER-")
window['-VID_OUT-'].expand(True, True)
inst = vlc.Instance()
list_player = inst.media_list_player_new()
media_list = inst.media_list_new([])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
player = list_player.get_media_player()
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
player.set_xwindow(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
else:
player.set_hwnd(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
media_list.add_media(movie)
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
list_player.play()
while True:
event, values = window.read(timeout=1000)
if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
break
if event == '-ENTER-':
list_player.play()
if event == '-ESCAPE-':
list_player.stop()
window.close()
window.close()
I’ve converted some of my Vuze media to the correct resolution using kdenlive.
I’ve added a new profile. 5760×1080 dont forget to change the display ratio!
My girlfriend sometimes asks me what country/language is that? (When seeing written text or hearing people talk)
I’ve studied japanese a long time ago, and I still can read some characters. Sometimes the western words are translated using katakana. Those are easier. ( For years i had a little card in my wallet with katakana, written a large japanese scroll on ricepaper, a computer demo and terminal tools)
Modern Japanese is written in a mixture of three basic scripts: Kanji — which are Chinese ideographic symbols — as well as Hiragana and Katakana — two phonetic alphabets (syllables). There are a few thousand Kanji characters, while Hiragana and Katakana have 46 each
Katakana chart ア a イ i ウ u エ e オ o カ ka キ ki ク ku ケ ke コ ko サ sa シ shi ス su セ se ソ so タ ta チ chi ツ tsu テ te ト to ナ na ニ ni ヌ nu ネ ne ノ no ハ ha ヒ hi フ fu ヘ he ホ ho マ ma ミ mi ム mu メ me モ mo ヤ ya ユ yu ヨ yo ラ ra リ ri ル ru レ re ロ ro ワ wa ン n
So mostly a consonant combined with a vowel. A dash – for a dubble vowel, and a u can be silent.
My name is ヘンリ
In my mind i use below to identify languages.
Indian: Lines with things hanging from it
Thai: round stuff with circles
Korean: straight lines with circles
Chinese: Very busy lines (blocks filled with lines)
Japanese: Blocks with lines alternated with simple characters
Vietnamese: They borrow chinese characters, rest “western” with dots and ^ ‘ stuff
Spoken language is difficult to explain, but these guys nail it.
Mostly I use kdenlive, but if you have an actioncam which also records movement (pan, tilt, zoom, and rotation) use a tool like Gyroflow! This will use the motion data to correct the movement!
Created this for usage with Kodi, for our own personal movies, which can’t be scraped by movie scrapers obviously. (dvd-rip,digital video, mobile movies, OBS, Vuze and Nikon movies for example)
Needed libraries: (install with pip) pathlib, Pillow, pymediainfo,PySimpleGUI,python-vlc
NFO created
Title – editable (generated from filename) Duration – mediainfo data in seconds Plot – Single line type it yourself Actors – Predefined Tags – Predefined checkboxes Country – Pulldown ( I use this as location, Scotland, Asia, Garden) Year – default 2023, copy button from mobile phone metadata year Genre – Pulldown
Works
File select and loaded
Play movie, scrub thretro movie
Create snapshot
Play/Mute/Pause
Playtimer
Auto update NFO text field with selectable options
Poster art – rotate
Poster art – brightness
Reload Thumb after snapshotting
Year extracted from filename
add tag field
Next file (button AND functionality)
checkboxes from text list
Read NFO from file into fields
Poster art – aspect ratio
Needs work
Wish list
Poster art – contrast?
Low – more mediainfo?
Low – Media rotate??
Some ‘action’ screenshots
The GUI in action (V1)
Kodi example
CODE ( WIP ) V2 I place this python script in every library directory. So i can change the checkboxes and the NFO being generated. I fill the directory with symlinks for every movie I want to have included in this directory, but this is not needed. (thats the way I like to do things) (This is the directory I scrape into Kodi)
from pathlib import Path
from sys import platform as PLATFORM
import os
import re
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import vlc
from pymediainfo import MediaInfo
from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageTk, ImageOps, ImageFilter
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
'''
WARNING, NFO overwrites previous!!
'''
alltags = ["music", "pipes", "computer","bbq","fun","art","travel","hobby","family","retro","compilation","retro","vuze"]
#------- WINDOWS FIX --------#
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
print("yeah linux baby!")
else:
os.add_dll_directory(r'E:\VLC')
duration=0
tmptag=""
def nextFile(currentfile,dir):
newfile=""
dirpath = os.path.dirname(dir)
fileList = []
for f in os.listdir(dirpath):
#fpath = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
fpath = f
if os.path.isfile(fpath) and f.endswith(('.mp4', '.mov', '.mpg','.avi','.mkv','.3gp')):
fileList.append(fpath)
fileList.sort()
for i in range(len(fileList)):
# print("fileList[i] " + fileList[i])
try:
if (fileList[i]) == currentfile:
newfile=fileList[i+1]
break
except:
newfile=fileList
return newfile
def loadthumb(thumbfile):
# IF exists
path_to_file = thumbfile
path = Path(path_to_file)
if path.is_file():
im = Image.open(thumbfile)
im=ImageOps.contain(im, (640,640))
thumbimage = ImageTk.PhotoImage(image=im)
window['thumb'].update(data=thumbimage)
else:
window['thumb'].update("")
def loadnfo(file):
#LOAD NFO
nfo=file + ".nfo"
path = Path(nfo)
if path.is_file():
f = open(nfo, "r")
innfo=f.read()
f.close()
# print ("file : " + nfo)
innfo="".join([s for s in innfo.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()])
# Clear some fields
window['year'].update("")
window['plot'].update("")
# Update fields test
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('country') is not None:
nfolocation = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('country')
window['location'].update(value=nfolocation.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('year') is not None:
nfoyear = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('year')
window['year'].update(nfoyear.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('plot') is not None:
nfoplot = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('plot')
window['plot'].update(nfoplot.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('title') is not None:
nfotitle = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('title')
window['-NM-'].update(nfotitle.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('genre') is not None:
nfogenre = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('genre')
window['genre'].update(value=nfogenre.text)
window['coline'].update(False)
window['henri'].update(False)
window['monique'].update(False)
for actor in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('actor'):
name = actor.find('role').text
if name == "Coline":
window['coline'].update(True)
if name == "Henri":
window['henri'].update(True)
if name == "Monique":
window['monique'].update(True)
for alltag in alltags:
window[alltag].update(False)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag') is not None:
for tag in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('tag'):
if tag.text in window.AllKeysDict:
window[tag.text].update(True)
window['coline'].update(False)
window['henri'].update(False)
window['monique'].update(False)
for actor in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('actor'):
name = actor.find('role').text
if name == "Coline":
window['coline'].update(True)
if name == "Henri":
window['henri'].update(True)
if name == "Monique":
window['monique'].update(True)
for alltag in alltags:
window[alltag].update(False)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag') is not None:
for tag in ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag'):
window[tag.text].update(True)
else:
innfo=""
window['LOADNFO'].update(innfo)
#------- Button definition --------#
def btn(name):
return sg.Button(name, size=(6, 2), pad=(1, 1))
#def tag(name):
# return sg.Checkbox(name, enable_events=True)
#------- GUI definition & setup --------#
sg.theme('SystemDefaultForReal')
l1=sg.Text("New title")
l2=sg.Multiline(" ", expand_x=True, key='-OUT-', expand_y=True,justification='left', size=(20,15))
l3=sg.Multiline(" ", expand_x=True, key='LOADNFO', expand_y=True,justification='left', size=(20,15))
l4=sg.Text("Plot")
t1=sg.Input("", key='-NM-')
t2=sg.Input("", key='plot',enable_events=True)
cb=[]
for alltag in alltags:
cb.append(sg.Checkbox(alltag, key=alltag, enable_events=True))
cb.append(sg.Input("", key='addtag',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
cb.append(sg.Combo(["Lab","Datacenter","home","Outside","Outside","Lloydwebber","Steenweg","Enschede","Netherlands","Germany","Italy","Scotland","Canada","Egypt","Belgium","Sweden","Ireland","Asia","NewZealand","Hilversum"],default_value='Lab',key='location'))
cb.append(sg.Combo(["Storage","Funny","Vacation","Music","Relation"],default_value='Storage',key='genre'))
nameyear=[]
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Coline", key='coline', enable_events=True,default=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Henri", key='henri', enable_events=True,default=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Monique", key='monique', enable_events=True,default=False))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("2023",key='year',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Button("copyyear\nmetadata", key='copymeta', size=(20, 1), pad=(1, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("",key='metayear',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Button("copyyear\nfilename", key='copyname', size=(20, 1), pad=(1, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("",key='fileyear',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
b1=sg.Button("WRITE NFO", key='write', enable_events=True)
b2=sg.Button("Exit", key='exit', enable_events=True)
#------- Layout total --------#
layout = [[sg.Input(key='-VIDEO_LOCATION-', visible=False, enable_events=True),
sg.FileBrowse(file_types=(("Video files", "*.mkv *.mov *.mp4 *3gp *avi *mpg"),)),btn('next')],
[sg.Text('Load media to start', key='-MESSAGE_AREA-')],
[sg.Image('', size=(600, 480), key='-VID_OUT-', pad=(1, 1)),sg.Image('', size=(600, 480), key='thumb', pad=(1, 1))],
[btn('mute'), btn('play'), btn('pause'), btn('stop'), btn('snap'), btn('snaprot'), btn('lighten'), btn('darken'), sg.Combo(["4:3","16:9","9:16"],key='aspect',enable_events=True)],
[sg.Slider(range=(0, 1000), default_value=1, expand_x=True, enable_events=True, orientation='horizontal', key='-SL-')],
[sg.Text('org title', key='orgtitle')],
[l1, t1, l4, t2],[cb],[nameyear],[b1, l2, l3, b2],
[sg.Text('GENERATED -= mini nfo writer =- PREVIOUS', key='footer')]
]
#------- Set window --------#
window = sg.Window('Mini NFO generator', layout, element_justification='center', finalize=True, resizable=True)
#------- VID out window --------#
window['-VID_OUT-'].expand(True, True)
#------------ Media Player Setup ---------#
inst = vlc.Instance()
list_player = inst.media_list_player_new()
media_list = inst.media_list_new([])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
player = list_player.get_media_player()
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
player.set_xwindow(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
else:
player.set_hwnd(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
#------------ I Want default mute ---------#
player.audio_set_mute(True)
#------------ The Event Loop ------------#
while True:
event, values = window.read(timeout=1000) # run with a timeout so that current location can be updated
if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
break
if event == 'mute':
mutevalue = player.audio_get_mute()
if mutevalue==0:
player.audio_set_mute(True)
if mutevalue==1:
player.audio_set_mute(False)
if event == 'play':
list_player.play()
if event == 'pause':
list_player.pause()
if event == 'stop':
list_player.stop()
if event == 'snap':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
player.video_take_snapshot(0, newname, 0, 0)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'snaprot':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.rotate(90, Image.NEAREST, expand = 1)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'lighten':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im1)
im1 = im1.enhance(1.2)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'darken':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im1)
im1 = im1.enhance(0.8)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'aspect':
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
if values['aspect'] == "4:3":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((1920 ,int(1920/4*3)), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if values['aspect'] == "16:9":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((1920 ,int(1920/16*9)), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if values['aspect'] == "9:16":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((int(1920/16*9),1080), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'write':
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + ".nfo"
f = open(newname, "w")
f.write(out)
f.close()
loadnfo(shortfilename)
if event == 'copymeta':
if datefromfile is not None:
window['year'].update(datefromfile)
if event == 'copyname':
if fileyear is not None:
window['year'].update(fileyear)
if event == '-SL-':
pos=int(values['-SL-'])
player.set_position(pos/ 1000.0)
if values['coline'] == False:
colinetext = ""
if values['coline'] == True:
colinetext = """<actor>
<name>Coline Lastname</name>
<role>Coline</role>
</actor>"""
if values['henri'] == False:
henritext = ""
if values['henri'] == True:
henritext = """<actor>
<name>Henri Aanstoot</name>
<role>Henri</role>
</actor>"""
if values['monique'] == False:
moniquetext = ""
if values['monique'] == True:
moniquetext = """<actor>
<name>Monique Lastname</name>
<role>Monique</role>
</actor>"""
if event == '-VIDEO_LOCATION-':
if values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] and not 'Video URL' in values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']:
media_list.remove_index(0)
media_list.add_media(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
shortname = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortname = shortname.rsplit( "/", 1 )[ 1 ]
nextfile=nextFile(shortname,"./")
shortname = shortname.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
list_player.stop()
list_player.next()
thumbname=shortname + "-poster.png"
loadthumb(thumbname)
#Print org title
window['orgtitle'].update(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
loadnfo(shortname)
#DURATION
mi = MediaInfo.parse(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
duration=int(mi.tracks[0].duration/1000)
#DATE FROM media
metadate=mi.tracks[0].encoded_date
if metadate is not None:
datefromfile=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", metadate)), None)
window['metayear'].update(datefromfile)
# YEAR FROM FILENAME
fileyear=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", shortname)), None)
# year from filename
if fileyear is not None:
window['fileyear'].update(fileyear)
if event == 'next':
values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] = nextfile
window['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'].update(nextfile)
if values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] and not 'Video URL' in values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']:
media_list.remove_index(0)
media_list.add_media(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
shortname = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
# shortname = shortname.rsplit( "/", 1 )[ 1 ]
nextfile=nextFile(shortname,"./")
#print(nextfile)
shortname = shortname.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
list_player.stop()
list_player.next()
thumbname=shortname + "-poster.png"
loadthumb(thumbname)
#Print org title
window['orgtitle'].update(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
loadnfo(shortname)
#DURATION
mi = MediaInfo.parse(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
duration=int(mi.tracks[0].duration/1000)
#DATE FROM media
metadate=mi.tracks[0].encoded_date
if metadate is not None:
datefromfile=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", metadate)), None)
window['metayear'].update(datefromfile)
# YEAR FROM FILENAME
fileyear=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", shortname)), None)
# year from filename
if fileyear is not None:
window['fileyear'].update(fileyear)
# media_list.add_media(nextfile)
## shortname = nextfile.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
## window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
# print(nextfile)
# window['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'].update(nextfile)
# list_player.next()
# hier moeten wat update dingen bij!
# Add tag
if event == 'addtag':
tmptag="<tag>" + values['addtag'] + "</tag>"
#------------ exit ---------#
if event=='exit':
exit()
#------------ TAGS ---------#
subs=[x.Text for x in cb if x.get()==True]
for idx, x in enumerate(subs):
subs[idx]="<tag>" + subs[idx] + "</tag>"
if values['year'] == False:
year=str(2023)
else:
year=values['year']
if values['location'] == False:
location="Lab"
else:
location=values['location']
if values['plot'] == False:
plot=""
else:
plot=values['plot']
if values['genre'] == False:
genre="Storage"
else:
genre=values['genre']
#------------ NFO TEXT FIELD ---------#
out="""<movie>
<title>{}</title>
<plot>{}</plot>
<genre>{}</genre>
<duration>{}</duration>
<year>{}</year>
<country>{}</country>
{}
{}
{}
{}
{}
</movie>
""".format(values['-NM-'],plot,genre,duration,year,location,colinetext,henritext,moniquetext,tmptag, "\n".join(subs))
out="".join([s for s in out.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()])
window['-OUT-'].update(out)
#------------ Messages and timer ---------#
# update elapsed time if there is a video loaded and the player is playing
if player.is_playing():
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update("{:02d}:{:02d} / {:02d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(player.get_time()//1000, 60),
*divmod(player.get_length()//1000, 60)))
else:
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update('Load media to start' if media_list.count() == 0 else 'Ready to play media' )
window.close()
Although not original music written for the movie, because Tarantino likes to pick out tunes to fit the scenes. 3/4 Of the music of Kill Bill is amazing!
Using some python and a scraped list I can now mark which movies we’ve seen, or have to see. (Own the movie or have it seen streamed in the cinema)
I just have to place a X after the title in the first column. Run the python script, and presto
First column, the list we started with. Second column, mark the movie. 3rd until the end .. years 2000-2023
Blue – seen Light Blue – seen but was not in original list (so a new movie) Green – have this movie, but still have to watch it Light Green – Have this movie but it’s not in the original list Orange – New in that year (could be an oldie reemerging in the top 250)
Now the python script, maybe it useful for you.
# 20230813 18:49 IMDB overview
# pip install openpyxl
import openpyxl
from openpyxl.styles import PatternFill
from openpyxl.styles.colors import Color
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook("clearsheet.xlsx")
sheet = wb['Sheet1']
colors = ['00660066', '00FFFFCC',
'007b8cf2', '005ace97', '00ffac58','00dddddd','009bd8ff','007aeeb7']
fillers = []
for color in colors:
temp = PatternFill(patternType='solid',
fgColor=color)
fillers.append(temp)
# Mark found previous years
for colt in range(4, 27):
for colr in range(3, colt):
for rowr in range(2, 252):
for rowrr in range(2, 252):
if sheet.cell(row=rowrr, column=colr).value == sheet.cell(row=rowr, column=colt).value :
sheet.cell(row=rowr, column=colt).fill = fillers[4]
# Mark Our Old list matched with all years
for titlerow in range(2, 252):
for colr in range(3, 26):
for rowr in range(2, 252):
if sheet.cell(row=titlerow, column=1).value == sheet.cell(row=rowr, column=colr).value :
sheet.cell(row=titlerow, column=1).fill = fillers[5]
# Mark Have / Seen
for title in range(2, 252):
for j in range(3, 27):
for i in range(2, 252):
if sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).value == sheet.cell(row=title, column=1).value :
if sheet.cell(row=title, column=2).value == "x":
sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).fill = fillers[2]
else:
sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).fill = fillers[3]
# Mark non old list but seen
for title in range(252, 400):
for j in range(3, 27):
for i in range(2, 252):
if sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).value == sheet.cell(row=title, column=1).value :
if sheet.cell(row=title, column=2).value == "x":
sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).fill = fillers[6]
else:
sheet.cell(row=i, column=j).fill = fillers[7]
# Info cells
sheet['D255'] = "Downloaded seen org list"
sheet['D256'] = "Downloaded not seen org list"
sheet['D257'] = "Title matches found in 2000-2023"
sheet['D258'] = "Titles found in 2000-2023 not in org list have"
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I’ve seen many more, maybe i’ll add above and more to below list.
These are also very good, just watch them!
Things to come (1936)
H.G.Wells sci-fi movie ‘predicting’ WWII and a trip to the moon (predicted 1970 instead of 1969) Special effects using Matte painting, double exposure and miniature models.
It’s Christmas 1940, and Everytown resident John Cabal fears that war is imminent. When it breaks out, the war lasts 30 years, destroying the city and ushering in a new dark age of plagues and petty despots. But there is hope in the form of Wings Over the World, a group of pacifist scientists and thinkers lead by Cabal. Their dream is to build a utopian society on the ruins of the old. But first they’ll have to unseat the latest ruling tyrant.
Nice transition i found from real footage to model being blown up. (These are some sloweddown screenshots, it was hardly notisable in the movie)
ModelsSciFy backdropLots of plasticModels
M (1931)
Good story with superb acting by Peter Lorre.
M is a 1931 German mystery suspense thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre in his third screen role as Hans Beckert, a serial killer of children. An early example of a procedural drama, the film centers on the manhunt for Lorre’s character, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld.
Metropolis (1927)
Silent Sci-Fy movie, using some special effects never seen before. It is a long movie, and shows some nice dystopian scenes.
This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria , but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.
Freaks (1932)
What can I say, can’t be made anymore. Shocking to see what sideshows looked like 100 years ago. Still they managed to tell a story about relations and greed.
When trapeze artist Cleopatra learns that circus midget Hans has an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Hercules. When Hans’ friends and fellow performers discover what is going on, they band together and carry out a brutal revenge that leaves Hercules and Cleopatra knowing what it truly means to be a “freak.”
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
While almost at the end of our 250 best movies journey, this movie popped up. Almost the oldest in our collection. The Kid is one year older (charlie chaplin)
This one has a history. Al copies had to be destroyed ( Stokers Widow ordered it, because it was not authorized https://rosenbach.org/blog/the-destruction-of-nosferatu/ ) So this version I saw, was put together using multiple sources. Like a Frankensteins monster. But is it a well made movie, which had a great influence on dracula movies to come.
Max Schreck as Orlok is amazing! There is something in his statue/movement.
"If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing."
