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Guess the pic

July 30, 2010 by wondersinthedark

Courtesy of Allan Fish

The winner can submit their screen-cap to movieman0283@gmail.com. Do not include film title in file name so I can participate as well! (Give a day or two for the new picture to go up)

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Posted in Guess the pic | 24 Comments

24 Responses

on July 31, 2010 at 6:33 am | Reply Stephen

I see this as being Scandinavian or Eastern European. Let’s get the ball rolling.
on July 31, 2010 at 8:50 am | Reply wondersinthedark

Sorry, Stephen, it’s neither.
on July 31, 2010 at 1:24 pm | Reply Stephen

“I’m out” (!)
on July 31, 2010 at 3:25 pm | Reply Sam Juliano

Perhaps it’s by Shimizu?
- on July 31, 2010 at 3:39 pm | Reply wondersinthedark
  
  Er, no.
on July 31, 2010 at 4:39 pm | Reply Bob Clark

I’ll get a guess at Bunuel out of the way. The curvature at the corners of the screen is what really sets this apart– the actual shot of travelers on a rocky path is nothing special. This from the silent era, or am I making the wrong assumption from those rounded corners?
on July 31, 2010 at 6:55 pm | Reply Just Another Film Buff

OK, I’m guessing it’s a Russian silent film.
on July 31, 2010 at 7:27 pm | Reply MovieMan0283

Was this film originally made for television?
on July 31, 2010 at 7:48 pm | Reply wondersinthedark

It’s a silent film, yes.
on July 31, 2010 at 8:22 pm | Reply Jamie

to me this isn’t Russian (as I think Allan has hinted now), at least to me there is no way this is geographic Russia we are looking at. To me, that looks to me Western Europe… France, or the Netherland country side. I suppose at that point it could be German too.
on July 31, 2010 at 10:03 pm | Reply MovieMan0283

Italian?
- on July 31, 2010 at 10:49 pm | Reply Bob Clark
  
  Hell, this could be a Western for all we know, really.
on August 4, 2010 at 11:29 am | Reply Stephen

French? Early Bresson?

There’s something in the light that makes me think of AU HASARD BALTHASAR.
on August 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm | Reply wondersinthedark

Well it aint Bresson, Stephen, but it is French. If you look at the picture, it’s curved round the edges, a practice that pretty much went out at the end of the silent era. It’s a silent film, but then again, I think the aesthetic largely speaks for itself.
on August 12, 2010 at 11:52 am | Reply MovieMan0283

Bump
on August 12, 2010 at 2:12 pm | Reply Allan Fish

People aren’t even guessing here, which tends to suggest that even if I gve clues it would be no help. But I will anyway, it’s year of release was 1929.
on August 12, 2010 at 3:37 pm | Reply Troy Olson

I’ll take a single guess, but with the year and country now in hand, this will probably be solved by the end of the day.

Is it Dans la nuit?
on August 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm | Reply Jamie

I think I got it (though I’ve never seen the film):

Les Mystères du Château de Dé (The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice) by Man Ray.
on August 12, 2010 at 4:10 pm | Reply wondersinthedark

Negative to both I’m afraid.
on August 14, 2010 at 4:34 pm | Reply A Picture of Illusion…Revealed « Wonders in the Dark

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on August 17, 2010 at 8:43 am | Reply wondersinthedark

I think it’s come to the point where no-one is going to get this. If the year and country are no help. It’s FINIS TERRAE by Jean Epstein.

I shall send another pic to Joel some time today, an easy one to get the ball rolling again.
on August 17, 2010 at 3:09 pm | Reply Guess the pic « Wonders in the Dark

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on August 17, 2010 at 3:26 pm | Reply Jamie

I apologize, we had the year and country I should have kept guessing… the person who posts should never have to reveal the film.

I head my head in shame, on to the next (beautiful) next one.
- on August 17, 2010 at 6:37 pm | Reply Jamie
  
  also I must say I’ve read a little about Jean Epstein this morning seems like an interesting guy. what do you recommend of his stuff?