4 movies that turn 100 in 2021

The decade of the 1920s of the last century was the high point for the development of the film industry to become what we know today. During these 20s, the silent film was consolidated and, at the end of the decade, the sound began to walk to revolutionize the industry to this day. In 1921, many films were made that turn 100 years old in 2021, some in very good shape. On February 6, 1921, ChicoCharles Chaplin premiered one of his most memorable films from his passage through the history of cinema. ‘The Boy’ hit theaters on February 6, 1921, a drama that perfectly combines Chaplin’s characteristic comedy with the social denunciation, so common in most of the films made by the English author. little five years old, John, and they will have to make a living on the streets in the harsh years of poverty that devastated the place where they lived. The film is one of the best films in the history of cinema, and it was released last February on the occasion of its 100th anniversary in 4K version.Austrian Fritz Lang was one of the most prominent names of the silent film era , and especially German Expressionism. Although ‘Tired Death’ is not one of the director’s best known films, which has masterpieces in his filmography such as ‘Doctor Mabuse’, ‘The Nibelungs’ or ‘Metropolis’, it is a perfect parable about love and death , although more difficult to see than other expressionist films such as ‘Nosferatu’. Still, the 100 years of ‘Tired death’ is a perfect excuse to review Lang’s great work. The goat ‘El Chivo’ is a medium-length film made by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair recounting the escape of an outlaw from the chief of police.Looking for a place to hide, he arrives at the house of Virginia, the daughter of the police chief who pursues him. One of the most accomplished comedies of the great Buster Keaton who also stars in the film with Virginia Fox. 100 years more fun to watch today: The Phantom Road Finally, we must review this film that turns 100 in 2021 directed by Victor Sjöström. It is one of the masterpieces of silent cinema that has not had, over the years, the repercussion that other films have had in the history of cinema. A film with multiple readings in addition to having some of the most amazing special effects of the time. A science fiction film that will surprise more than one silent movie lover.