The movie itself is really astonishing. The action starts right away and the music moves you right along. The story line is compelling. The masses of people filling the screen. The light and dark and angles. All remarkable.

If you aren’t enjoying the film itself, you can amuse yourself by watching for the different ways that contemporary scifi pays homage to it. The city scenes of The Fifth Element and Futurama. The cyborg of Terminator. The factory life of Modern Times. Certainly kazillions more than you’ll be able to see.

Finally, some of the over-the-top, silent film star acting will just crack you up. The joy of coincidences, too. “What are my workers doing in the catacombs” the boss man says. “The catacombs just happen to be at the foot of these stairs in my house and I have these flashlights sitting here. Let’s find out!” the inventor seems to say. Too funny.