silent films

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries: Episode 6: Kuleshov’s Monkey (With Live Soundtrack By Hikikomori)

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

As part of the Barbican’s ongoing Silent Nights retrospective, on December 5th, 2024 there was a special showing of the 6th episode of The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries, Kuleshov’s Monkey, with a live soundtrack by Hikikomori.

In this episode, the intrepid Dr. Petrie follows a monkey…

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Notes:

1. I made the original of this on September 30th, 2023
2. And then made this re-edit on December 5th, 2024
3. The music is by Hikikomori and can be found here
4. If you’d like to buy it

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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries – Episode 1: The Powerful Look

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

In this first episode, Karamaneh meets with Petrie and Nayland and has a strange request…

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Notes:

1. I made this on October 3rd, 2023
2. Using edits from The Mystery Of Fu Manchu

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l’ilusion du sens

un film de david guy, avec la musique de toby vok

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Notes:

1. Made on July 14th, 2021
2. The music is lisssssssten by toby vok
3. Also I watched Meshes Of The Afternoon yesterday and it was one of the best things I’ve ever seen
4. So I made this in slightly inadequate tribute
5. I hope that’s okay

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Ursula et Lynn (un duo)

un film muet

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Notes:

1. Made on 19th July, 2019
2. Although the photos it’s stitched together from are from 2015
3. And were taken using a broken digital camera
4. Which is why everything is discoloured and distorted
5. Also, the music is a snippet of Bahamut by Hazmat Modine

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