Review of The Phantom Wagon (1939) by Janina K — 03 Nov 2007

I am so bad with watching silent films but this one just absorbs you to it's horror-romantic world.

This review of The Phantom Wagon (1939) was written by Janina K on 03 Nov 2007.

The Phantom Wagon has generally received very positive reviews.

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For starters, Sjöström disguised himself as a poor man and spent time in the slums of Stockholm in order to prepare for this movie…

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Review of The Phantom Wagon (1939) by Janina K — 03 Nov 2007

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For starters, Sjöström disguised himself as a poor man and spent time in the slums of Stockholm in order to prepare for this movie…

The double-exposure photography used throughout is a stupefying achievement of its own, an incantation of overlapping worlds and a visualization…

Despite all the creepiness on display, the film ultimately affirms not the emptiness of death, but rather the importance of life…

Eerie silent film with ground breaking effects. This one ranks along some of the very best…

Kind of like A Christmas Carol, if Scrooge were Hitler. I don't care if the lead character has learned his lesson…

You'll think of A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life and maybe Reefer Madness but it's all good and classy…

This film starts out slow, and I found it somewhat confusing - but about fifteen minutes in, the plot began to take shape and unfold…

This is a piece of art, not just a masterpiece of cinema but of art as a whole. Technically marvellous, spiritually shocking…

A film that has images that will firmly imprint in your mind & considering it was made in 1921 is truly unbelievable…

The storytelling is amazing. The characters are profound and never tire audiences…

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