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Viewing "The Wildcat," is like watching a live action Max Fleischer cartoon. Like those early animated wonders, this comedy is full of goofy characters and creative direction. The cast, especially Pola Negri and Paul Heidemann show no fear in bringing Lubitsch's wild vision to life, which include some truly laugh out loud moments. While the Fleischer cartoons are only around seven minutes long, "The Wildcat," struggles at times to maintain its energy for a feature length film. The pros of this movie far out weigh the cons, though, and if you're looking for a non-traditional silent film that will put a smile upon your face, then you need to search no further.

After reading for years the pros and cons about my movie I thought I'd respond. First of all this movie had no budget (and I mean NO budget) and yet we were able to get a distributor. It was rejected by the Sundance Film Festival, but later that year received the second place grand jury award at FilmFest New Haven, beating out several of the films that were selected to Sundance that year. I'm well aware of all of the flaws the movie has, but I've learned a lot from this film and won't make the same mistakes the next time. Yes, the cast consisted of some amateur actors, but it also had several professionals. With all of the "safe" movies that Hollywood is turning out these days I'm proud of this little film. It's far from perfect, but I have sat in the audience when this movie has played and have seen first hand people that I don't know be entertained.