I have a new toy: a video card. I can now watch the telly on half my screen while I pretend to answer email on the other half. Tonight on the SciFiChannel they showed a 1920's silent movie called The Golem.
The Golem is a clay statue (a very large clay statue) made by a Jewish wizard to save his people. The magician studied up in his Book of Magic, and worked in his Secret Place behind a heavy door until it was finished.
Then the magician summoned a spirit and demanded that he be given the MagicWord which would bring his clay statue to life so it could save the village.
The star on Golem's chest is his 'motor': as we can see, it plugs right into his heart. When it's inserted, he lives; but when it's pulled out, he falls lifeless onto the ground. (He went through several such incarnations during the ordeal.)
The Schofa Horn was used to call the people together. I've been tripping on Horns lately, and couldn't resist ...
I sat with my finger on my mouse, which was sitting on the 'freeze' button of the 'tv' control, during the entire program so I could get the shot of the living 'Face on Mars'. There had been a two-second blurb of Golem's face shown before the program began, and as my mouth hung agape, I decided that if I had to I'd wait through the entire movie because I really wanted to snap it. I think it was worth it ;-)
I think this is a rather strange movie to show at this time. It's hardly a Passover movie, though there may be another Jewish connection of which I'm not aware. I wonder if someone at SciFiChannel who's familiar with the Cydonia Face recalled seeing this flick (it now has a 1994 copyright!) and had it aired 'as a lark'?
Well there, if you please, is the story of The Golem: Cydonia's Living Face.
