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White Zombie (1932)
Bela Lugosi in his best performance in the first zombie film
Bela Lugosi gives his best performance in his entire life in this zombie-not-flesh-eater masterpiece as cruel and cynical Murder Legendre. This film is short but has anthological scenes like that one when the blonde girl sees Legendre face in his cup or when he introduces his zombies saying that "for you, my friend, they're the angels of death". As many other early talking films, for example Lugosi's Dracula, White Zombie has long scenes with no dialog, due to the fact that most of this directors started in the silent era. Many years before George Romero creates the prototype of a flesh-eater-zombie, White Zombie remains as a great film from an era when zombies were product of voodoo magic, vampires lived in Gothic castle, and killers used more "civilized" methods instead of a chainsaw. It may be not as great as other films of its time, but it's a wonderful film, and, of course, is the first zombie film.
TRIVIA: In some Spanish talking countries, the original title was translated as La legion de los hombres sin alma (The legion of men without soul) .
Rocketship X-M (1950)
Space ships 50 years ago
I've seen some scenes from this movie in a documentary about 50's sci fi movies called Watch the skies. Directors such as George Lucas, Spielberg or James Cameron talked in this film about his favorite sci fi films and Rocketship X-M was one of their favorite ones. So, i decided to downloaded it from Edonkey, because i live in Peru, and here is IMPOSSIBLE to find this kind of films. Unfortunately, i saw the film without Spanish subtitles, so, i didn't understand the dialogs well. Despite that, i think the plot is quite understandable. The tragic ending is great and the vision that the producers of this film had, 17 years before the first trip to the moon and even 6 years before Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the space, makes this an essential film. The plot may be not so "scientific", but i think is an unforgettable film. I could see this film again in a TV channel or in a cinema.
Yo perdí mi corazón en Lima (1933)
Oldest Peruvian Film Available
Yo perdi mi corazon en Lima (English title: I lost my heart in Lima) is a Peruvian film directed by Chilean director Alberto Santana in 1933, when Peruvian cinematographic industry was still making silent films. It contains a simple plot (a woman falls in love with a man who has to leave her in order to go to the war with Colombia) and acting, script and direction aren't so good. Even though, it's interesting to see this movie more than 70 years after its release because of its documentary style. You can see how was Lima in 1933, when Luis Sanchez Cerro was president and Peru was in war with Colombia. The film shows Miraflores, the airport (many years before its actual location), Sanchez Cerro checking his troops, headlines about the war, etc. In 1995 this film was restored and released in Filmoteca de Lima. Unfortunately, it is not available in DVD in Peru, but I saw a Brazilian edition. I saw this short film (length less than 1 hour) at Universidad de Lima. Trivia: This is the last silent fiction movie made in Peru.