Leaves from Satan's Book
This is an old silent (1921) tracing Satan's tricks through history's darker moments (thank you TV Guide). Right now we seem to be in the French Revolution and the Marseillaise singing masses have an evil glow. A hero looking fellow appears on the verge of fainting. Or maybe that's Satan. Hard to tell. Next up Satan is scheduled to go to Finland and goad nasty Russians into occupying their neighbor. This seems like a stretch for the greatest hits list of Satanic activity, but then the film is Scandinavian and artistic license will be all they've got vs. Russia for the rest of the century. Piano music very tremulous and heavy just now... This is fun... Somebody should remake this for modern times. How about Leaves from Satan's Book: the Sequel? What a great way for the Georgians to let off a little steam, this time without completely losing face. Or maybe Satan can show up as a chief executive of an over-leveraged investment bank. Then he can golden parachute to safety and cackle manically about frozen credit lines from a ledge overlooking Wall Street.
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