I watched my copy of "LAILA" yesterday and then part of it again today. It's a wonderful story of love, in all it's different forms. There isn't a character in it that's unlikeable, and most everything that happens is done purely out of a loving concern for Laila's well being. If you enjoy great drama as I do, this will surely bring tears to your eyes as you watch each of the characters as they grieve. It's both a visually stunning and compelling film...all 245 minutes of it. Still, there are minor issues.
On my first viewing, I noticed an obvious 13 second repeat of what I had just seen (at about 55 minutes). While it didn't hurt the story, it clearly was out of place. This always surprises me since these errors occur in many restorations (for just one example; there's a repeated scene in "The Jazz Singer"). It would seem that this should have been caught and removed, but then I'm not the one who has to pay for all of this.
During my second viewing, I noticed a minor continuity goof. It concerns the deer pulling the lapp's sled (about thirty minutes into the film). At first, it's seen that it has only one large antler, yet when he arrives at the store, the deer had two large antlers. On his return trip back, it's clearly another deer, this time, sporting a more modest set of antlers. That one antlered deer seems to be the same one from the very beginning of the story (it belonged to the store keeper).
This of course in not an issue, but simply the continuity goofs found in most films.
Finally, a thank you to Robert Israel for a score which supports the story, but still lets the film's image tell it.
A story without a single villain or even an unlikeable character. This is what I call a masterpiece!
Rich Wagner
"LAILA" (1929): Received my copy from Flicker Alle
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Laila
Goofs. In Fox's Laserdisc of Can-Can(1960) there is a full scene that ends one side of the 3-disc set and the whole scene is repeated at the start of the next disc.
The Fox sepiatoned Heidi(1937) has Shirley Temple being led up the hill to Grandpa Jean Hersholt's house and the scene stops for a few seconds and then starts again. This is at the start of the film.
The Fox sepiatoned Heidi(1937) has Shirley Temple being led up the hill to Grandpa Jean Hersholt's house and the scene stops for a few seconds and then starts again. This is at the start of the film.
