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Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #1 - Retro 1920s Dark Knight

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(Part 1 of 3) Parts one and two are halves of a 12 minute short depicting the origin of "The Bat-Man" and introducing his amazing skills and abilities... Bob Kane and Bill Finger drew on a lot of silent films to create Batman, and I've always wanted to give the story a try using silent film techniques. What with that whole copyright/waste of time thing, you'll have to settle for this collage. Here are the original influences re-arranged to tell Bruce Wayne's story and his crusade against crime. A bit of fun not intended for sale or commercial exploitation... what with the huge commercial value of silent films and everything.

Make sure and check out part two conveniently located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByTfwmyHr3Q
for the Rogue's Gallery: featuring the Joker... Oswald Cobblepot, AKA The Penguin... The Cat-Woman! The unspeakable horrors of the Scarecrow! The scientific genius of R'as Al Ghul! All this and pulsepounding, teethgrinding excitement as "The Bat-Man" falls into the Joker's trap - literally.

The followup, "Arkham After Midnight" - is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD4XqYT1-JU
Chapter One: "Mark of The Mad Hatter"

Sources used:
THE BAT (1926)
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928)
THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI (1920)
Edison's FRANKENSTEIN (1910)
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (1910)
BATMAN (1943 for Ghul and Wayne in Lab)

A quick two day collage by Andre Perkowski. Drone music by Kristin Palker & Andre Perkowski, an outtake from "Demon Haunt" sessions from 2007.

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Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #1 - Retro 1920s Dark Knight

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  • i think he was ...

    i think he was createtd in 1929 but it became famous in da 30s

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    HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!! Cool ! You should try to prepare some Laurel&Hardy-flicks with your titles - maybe you can change Laurel into IRON MAN and Hardy into HULK.

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  • hahaha! XD Wow. ...

    hahaha! XD

    Wow. XD

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  • The character known ...

    The character known as "The Bat-Man" was actually created by an act of Congress in 1861. Martin Van Buren was considered instrumental in building the popular support needed to pass this landmark legislation concerning such a costumed hero.

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  • i tough batman was ...

    i tough batman was created in the years 1930

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  • Great!!

    Great!!

    By azrael3d [Affiliate User] 1218532727 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • hahahahah!!!!..... ...

    hahahahah!!!!.....so corny!!!!

    By poloy311 [Affiliate User] 1218525595 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Fantastic! Now ...

    Fantastic! Now everyone can see where Bob Kane and Bil Finger got their inspiration from! Thank you!

    By Actionguy1 [Affiliate User] 1218513943 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I fooled you by ...

    I fooled you by cleverly explaining all of this in that big box on the right side of the screen... devious bastard, he is.

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  • man....that music ...

    man....that music is freaking scary-awesome!

    By Koyaanitsqatsi [Affiliate User] 1218469679 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Great soundtrack!

    Great soundtrack!

    By PaddyPF [Affiliate User] 1218431970 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You son of a bitch! ...

    You son of a bitch! you made this! You fooled me into thinking this was old, but i realized the music was out of context and is actually modern influenced.

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  • i don't understand, ...

    i don't understand, batman was created in 1939 and this is a silent movie from the 1029's, so where did you get it, o what film is?

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  • If F.W Murnau made ...

    If F.W Murnau made a Batman film, it would look like this. Man, you should totally try to scrape together a budget and film your own Gotham by Gaslight type of fanflick. This Vid and #2 are so atmospheric! Batman totally lends itself to the dripping, dark gothic eerieness envoked in these clips--all shadows and suggestion... Kinda like Nosferatu, where you see the crooked, slender shadow climbing the stairs and later stopping the girl's heart.. I wish I'd thought of this idea first!

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  • this is sort of ...

    this is sort of eerie

    By CAluver [Affiliate User] 1218236031 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I thought there was ...

    I thought there was no Batman before the DC-Comics....
    I guess I was totally wrong...

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  • Amazing job. ...

    Amazing job. Congrats.

    By guayec [Affiliate User] 1218207645 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • brilliant, congrats ...

    brilliant, congrats... and thank you.

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  • Nice lighting

    Nice lighting

    By digitalArtform [Affiliate User] 1218188276 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Whew, an official ...

    Whew, an official academic view on a contraversial issue. The folks at Fark were complaining about them, sure they are wordy (as was the 1939 Bill Finger origin comic I was adapting) but on the cheaper productions that often happens. A bit too much shake, I'll go lighter on that next time. Thanks!

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  • Those darlings of ...

    Those darlings of the drone world, Palker and Perkowski. Maybe a cat sitting on the synth.

    By terminalpictures [Affiliate User] 1218129897 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • The background ...

    The background music, what is it? Great job on the video, really really well done.

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  • Nice job. I ...

    Nice job. I particularly like the written cards. I show clips of silents in classes and yours look like the real deal.

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  • well done!! +5

    well done!! +5

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  • men, u rocks....! ...

    men, u rocks....!

    5* for you...!

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