Transcript: Christian Movie Review: The Silent Enemy Classic Drama

Greetings, classic cinema and TV fans. This is Jason Lockhart, Pastor Jay, here with you once again, bringing you another silver screen spotlight. Yeah, today we are kind of spotlighting one of the newer releases from the good folks at Flickr Alley. from their line Flickr Fusion. It's presented in association with Blackhawk Films and also, yeah, this is a pretty interesting little film. We're talking about Silent Enemy. Wow. Okay, so this is an interesting film. This is from 1930, and this is a silent film. Now, a lot of times we don't talk about silent films here on Classic Cinema Plus, and that's a shame in a lot of ways, because silent films were how cinema began. It began with silent films. And I'm always amazed with silent films for the simple reason that the actors in silent films always had to – they didn't have the ability to speak forth the lines. thus they would have to act in a more elaborate way to get the point across. And it was really, really an interesting time in film. Some of the greats for silent films of course you got your Charlie Chaplin who was utterly amazing You know Buster Keaton A lot of your comedians were where they really shined But there was Mary Pickford, who was a tremendous actress in silent films, and so many more. I mean, too many to actually mention. But this is a very, very interesting little film. Now, many may know the film Nanook. That is a silent film that gained a lot of attention. Well, producers decided to try a different kind since Nunook was about the Alaskan or the Eskimo people. Why not do one about the Native American people? And that's what Silent Enemy is. Now, interestingly enough, without trying to tell you the whole story, we'll try to tell it to you in a very condensed way. Um, it's, it's about a Indian tribe that is, uh, uh, running out of food and they, uh, because of one, um, hunter, uh, they decide to uproot the, the whole, the whole, um, the whole tribe and go to a different part of land and, uh, do it before winter strikes. But winter comes and trouble is upon them, thus the silent enemy. It's a really interesting film. Now, see, back in – there's been a lot of talk with films nowadays about how that, you know, westerns and different things back in the day were always made. but the Indians and the Native Americans and all were not played by Native American people but people dressed up like Native Americans Well this film is complete with indigenous people which I think is very very cool Now, some people would call this maybe offensive. I personally did not find it offensive in any way, shape, or form. I thought it was a very, very good film, very, very well produced and very well done. There's two different kinds of soundtrack in this, which is kind of cool to see the two different kinds. It kind of gives you a different feel for the film. It kind of takes you in a different way, which I think is very, very cool. It's a different experience, if you will, on both of these. There's also an audio interview, which I think is very, very cool, with a film producer. this film's producer, W. Douglas Burden. It's interesting to note that this audio interview expands the length of the film. So in a way, this comes as an audio commentary, if you will, because it can be played right alongside the film. And it goes the length of the film, which is very, very cool. I love that. There's also an image gallery. And there's also a very, very cool booklet inside, fold-out, or like a little booklet. It kind of folds out. I call it a booklet, but it's a fold-out. But it gives you all kinds of information about the film and everything, which I think is pretty, pretty cool. Yeah, I loved it. I really enjoyed this film. I thought it was a very, very, very good produced film. And I will say the restoration of this film and the way it looks is pretty impressive for a film from 1930 We talking about a film that almost 100 years old And it looked pretty impressive Yes there was some little things, but all in all, it looked pretty, pretty good to me. I was pretty pleased with the looks and pretty happy with the results of this film. So yeah, if you're into silent films, if you like that cinema history, definitely check out Silent Enemy from Flickr Alley's Flickr Fusion label. It is a pretty, pretty awesome little release and we highly, highly recommend it for film fans of the classic and early cinema. It is really, really a good little release and glad it is in Classic Cinema Plus Studios. We want to thank the good folks at Flickr Alley for sending this our way so that we could share it with you. You can get a full written review of this release at Classic Cinema Plus. We have that full written review up there and you can check that out. And be sure to like, share, and subscribe. We would definitely appreciate it. It helps out a lot. And be sure to visit Classic Cinema Plus all the time as we put up new stuff all the time for your entertainment. All right, and until we see you next time with another Silver Screen Spotlight, this is Jason Lockhart, Pastor Jay, reminding you that if you want to see a great film, check out a classic, and we will see you next time. Have a blessed one. Bye.