He Who Gets Slapped

1001 Movies ... my own version (1920's) (87 movies items)

" Notes: It turned out to be such a weird but also quite fascinating movie. Indeed, narratively speaking, it took such wild turns, most of it was actually quite unpredictable. For example, if you would look at the poster, you wouldn’t expect it to start with an inventor who was double-crossed by his benefactor. When people get a sh*tty deal, they start to drink heavily or take drugs but this guy, for some reason, decided to become a clown which seemed and was just so random and, yet, the end-r"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: It turned out to be such a weird but also quite fascinating movie. Indeed, narratively speaking, it took such wild turns, most of it was actually quite unpredictable. For example, if you would look at the poster, you wouldn’t expect it to start with an inventor who was double-crossed by his benefactor. When people get a sh*tty deal, they start to drink heavily or take drugs but this guy, for some reason, decided to become a clown which seemed and was just so random and, yet, the end-r"

A very good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be such a weird but also quite fascinating movie. Indeed, narratively speaking, it took such wild turns, most of it was actually quite unpredictable. For example, if you would look at the poster, you wouldn’t expect it to start with an inventor who was double-crossed by his benefactor. When people get a sh*tty deal, they start to drink heavily or take drugs but this guy, for some reason, decided to become a clown which seemed and was just so random and, yet, the end-result was quite spellbinding to behold. Indeed, they gave us some rather surreal circus scenes and, in my opinion,” read more

My Top 275 Favorite Horror Movies of All Time (275 movies items)

"  Let's be honest here... clowns have always been creepy.Even before the invention of movies. And after the film industry became a thing, the projection of these made-up jesters onto the silver screen only seemed to heighten that point.The actor famously known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces", Lon Cheney, plays "HE who gets slapped" or "HE" for short.  And despite that "HE" is supposed to be the tragic hero of this silent era thriller, the visage of the white make-up caked over the face of Che"

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"10.3. Criterion Channel "

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"3.2 Sjöström/Yhdysvallat"

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"12.1 "

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"RATING LIF: 8.47 "