
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse.


A champagne-cork universe pops, and every bubble is a planet labeled ‘More.’ There are films you watch; there are films that watch you. Then there is The Man Who Had Everything, a 1925 silent that slithers off the screen and installs itself behind your corneas like a retinal stain. Viewed today, it feels less like ant...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Alfred E. Green

Harley Knoles
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" A champagne-cork universe pops, and every bubble is a planet labeled ‘More.’ There are films you watch; there are films that watch you. Then there is The Man Who Had Everything, a 1925 silent that slithers off the screen and installs itself behind your corneas like a retinal stain. Viewed today, it feels less like antique entertainment than like a ransom note from the collective unconscious, written in perfume, gasoline, and the iodine of old film stock. The plot, skeletal on paper, becomes a M..."
Arthur F. Statter, Ben Ames Williams
United States

