Many of you are no doubt familiar with the great German-Austrian director Fritz Lang, whose career spanned the silent era to the talkies--and from Weimar Germany to the Golden Age of Hollywood. But did you know he enjoyed Seekrit Hideouts?
Tuesday! A day to explore the dark world of Fritz Lang's great silent films.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
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BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
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FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Siris
Sunday:
loggersbrat
You may have heard of Lang's most famous early, pre-Hollywood films: Metropolis,
The incredibly claustrophobic and creepy--Peter Lorre as a serial killer!!!!!!--M,
or The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Lang also directed some terrific film noir outings, such as the classic The Big Heat (1953)
with one of the Queens of Noir, Gloria Grahame
With the (usually) upright Glenn Ford and the (usually) bad news Lee Marvin:
Last night Turner Classic Movies showed a restoration of one of Lang's last silent films (1928), Spies. It's a WOW thriller! And the Evil Genius plotting to destroy Weimar Germany's budding friendship treaty with the Japanese (uh-oh. . . hindsight 20/20 and all that) is holding forth from a Seekrit Hideout beneath his bank! I wish I knew how to spell Seekrit Hideout in German; but I hardly know how to in English, so we'll let that go, for now.)
Movie posters!
Disclaimer: IAN seekrit hideouts are only used for Good, not Ebil. OK, many some high-fat snacking and adult beverages, and mani-pedis--but no Ebil. None. Neber. I promise.