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URL:https://musicfestaberystwyth.org/events/the-man-who-laughs-1928-film-w
 ith-spontaneous-music-by-lyndon-owen-and-aidan-thorne/
SUMMARY:The Man Who Laughs\, 1928 film with spontaneous music by Lyndon Owe
 n and Aidan Thorne
DESCRIPTION:Directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni\, it w
 as released at the end of the silent era\, and is often cited as the inspi
 ration for The Joker\, nemesis to DC Comics's Batman.\n\n"one of the final
  treasures of German silent Expressionism"\n"precisely the kind of all-sto
 ps-out romantic adventure that needs the silent rather than sound medium f
 or maximum impact"\n"its perfect director\, for his bravura Expressionist 
 style lifts this tempestuous tale above the level of tear-jerker to genuin
 ely stirring experience"\n\nThe film is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 186
 9 novel of the same name\, and it stars Mary Philbin as the blind Dea and 
 Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine. The film is known for the grotesque grin on th
 e character Gwynplaine's face\, which often leads it to be classified as a
  horror film. Film critic Roger Ebert stated "The Man Who Laughs is a melo
 drama\, at times even a swashbuckler\, but so steeped in expressionist glo
 om that it plays like a horror film."
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