Erotikon: A Daring Fable of Modern Love
by Mauritz Stiller
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Actor: Anders de Wahl, Elin Lagergren, Karin Molander, Lars Hanson, Tora TejeDirector: Mauritz Stiller
Brand: Kino Video
Cinematographer: Henrik Jaenzon
Writer: Mauritz Stiller
Producer: Charles Magnusson
Writer: Arthur Nordén
Writer: Ferenc Herczeg
Writer: Gustaf Molander
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Swedish (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 4702
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- EROTIKON BOUNDS THAT CHAFE (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of Erotikon: A Daring Fable of Modern Love
DVD Review: Surprisingly good movie - for 1920
Summary: 4 Stars
After having recently seen The Temptress, I decided to get one of Mauritz Stiller's movies, and - after reading these [...]. I'm not going to go into any detail re: plot, moralizing, etc. - the other reviewers, here, delve into this quite nicely (and I couldn't agree more with them). What I will say is that this movie surprised me - twice...
I sat down w. my partner, and put this movie on. We both love silent movies, and have seen quite a number of them. What surprised me the most was that we were unable to sit through it in one viewing. After 77 minutes, we were both falling asleep - so we turned it off, to finish watching it the next night. This first attempt at watching the film, we both could not get over how slow moving the movie was... We sat there, hearing ourselves saying things like "Oh my god... isn't anything going to happen?" or "Why does it have to take so long to get this across?"
OK. That was the first surprise. Moving on to the 2nd night...
The next night we finished watching the movie - and our comments then were "Well, that wasn't so bad - but I don't care to ever see it again", etc. After we'd both had time to think about the film, things changed a bit...
My 2nd surprise with this movie is that I ultimately liked it - and think I'll be watching it again, at some point in time.
You DO have to keep in mind WHEN this movie was made - 1920 - and, for 1920, this movie is WAY above the usual acting syle(s) of the period. The acting here is remarkably good - Lars Hanson & Tora Teje were the two standouts, for me, with both providing many, many "modern" expressions, gestures - without going "melodramatic" on me. Some very "wise" acting going on - acting that seemed very aware of what the camara was able to capture. VERY unusual for this time period. (By 1928, this wouldn't have surprised me so much - but for 1920? Very impressive.)
I was also VERY surprised (and pleased!) that the men were not "painted up" like cupie dolls. Lars Hanson was allowed to be handsome - and masculine. (I'm sure he most likely was wearing make-up, but he looked "human" - unlike a lot of leading men, back then.)
Erotikon is supposed to be a comedy. I sure didn't think it was funny, watching it, but my partner & I will now mention a moment/scene from the movie and both of us will start laughing. So, maybe it IS a comedy after all. (If so, it is a SUBTLE comedy... definitely no slapstick - which is fine with me.)
The WORST part of the movie (and basically the only inexcusable one) is the performance by the actor playing an old professor. I'm sure he was meant to be funny - but his performance has not aged well, and in fact brings the movie down, whenever he's onscreen.
Camera work is basically pretty exceptional. You actually forget that this silent movie is so EARLY in silent movie history, until you focus in on the absence of "fade-in's" (& "fade-out's), "cross-fades", etc. Instead of these, you get the early-silent movie technique of "telescoping" (can't think of the right word for this) - where the new scene will start with a black screen, and the picture opens up from a small circle in the middle of the screen... (you know what I mean)...
Costumes were fantastic. Acting was very, VERY sophisticated for the time. Story was so-so, but (as the other postings say) there was no "preaching" going on - which made the story at least sort of "refreshing."
DVD is exceptional quality. The score is a bit unusual - but okay (better than a solo piano, in my book...), with sound quality being very good. The DVD extras are also nice/informative.
Yeah. Surprisingly good movie - for 1920 - and I honestly DO recommend it, for silent film buffs who are able to keep this in perspective.
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