Archive footage from the 1920s juxtaposed against a film-within-a-film parodying the melodramatic excesses of popular cinema of the day..
Vitaliy Zhemchuzhniy, Lilya Brik
Soviet Union
Is this worth your time? If you like weird film history or seeing how people made fun of movies a hundred years ago, then yes. Watch it. If you hate silent films or stuff that feels like a collage, you will probably hate this one. 🤷♂️ Steklyannyy glaz (The Glass Eye) is basically two movies fighting each other. ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lilya Brik
Richard Smith
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"Is this worth your time? If you like weird film history or seeing how people made fun of movies a hundred years ago, then yes. Watch it. If you hate silent films or stuff that feels like a collage, you will probably hate this one. 🤷♂️ Steklyannyy glaz (The Glass Eye) is basically two movies fighting each other. One half is actual footage of life in the 1920s. It is gritty and fast. The other half is a fake movie they made to look like a bad melodrama. It’s funny because it shows how p..."
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