Wow. Just… wow. That’s what you get when you watch this silent film. It’s probably the best silent film behind Chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS, Harold Lloyd’s SAFETY LAST (directed by Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor), and even rivals F. W. Murnau’s own NOSFERATU. I remember seeing the scene where the Man meets the Woman From the City near the lake in freshman year film school, but I honestly put it out of my mind for the last ten years. The film really is majestic in what it puts on camera as we watch this couple fall back in love with one an other despite the husband initially planning to murder her so he can be with his mistress.
