1926 · horror · silent · drama
A Page of Madness (1926)
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa1h 11m1926
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
Our read: A Page of Madness (1926) (1926) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · silent · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / silent, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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