"Made at the end of the silent era, before the camera was tied down by microphones, this film is filled with pure visual storytelling and an incredible performance by Emil Jannings as a Russian general who finds work as an extra in Hollywood."

"The bible for visual storytelling for me. The first sketch freely jumps between points of view that forfeits logic for movement. Allows the viewer the perfect opportunity to entirely inhabit the role of voyeur. Content plays just for our most prurient sensors."

"Another beautifully shot childhood favorite. Still amazing how they pulled off the shipwreck scene and how the horse and the boy really connect in the aftermath the way they do. Storytelling without a lot of dialogue, and with a dash of Hoyt Axton"

"Look at it this way: The Twilight Zone is your memories of growing up, of learning to understand a certain language of cinematic storytelling that embraces fantastic twists of plot and character. Then, when you’re older, and it occurs to you to ask your parents what things were really like back in the day, the answer is Patterns, Requiem for a Heavyweight, and The Comedian, all written by Rod Serling. Of course, there’s more than Serling’s writing to love here: the immediacy of the productions and the adrenaline of the performances make for a perfect record of this incredibly pivotal era of storytelling."