The Forgotten Pages · USUne page folle · FRKurutta ippêji · JP미친 한 페이지 · KREn sida av vansinnet · SE狂つた一頁 · JPDəlilik Səhifəsi · AZPage of Madness · GB
"Kurutta "Ippeiji" is notable for several reasons.
First, it is one of the few Japanese silent movies of the 1920's to survive.
Second, unlike most silent films, it lacks intertitles/title/dialog cards because a narrator, who also acted out lines and situations is/was to be present in a Kabuki-style setting.
Third, It's a low budget, avant garde movie where the cast is "doing a Roger Corm...
_A Page of Madness_ is silent, surreal, and visually arresting — a descent into something far murkier than mere madness. The asylum pulses with unease; inmates convulse in what appears to be seizures, captured through a lens that mistakes illness for delirium, reflecting a time when epilepsy and mental illness were indistinguishable. What unfolds is a profound exploration of madness and regret, le...