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The Silent Cinema Stump
A Blog dedicated to the Art of Silent Film - with regard for the past, and an eye forward.
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The basic visual aesthetics of the silent era - pt. 3: aesthetics vs. the challenges of preservation
In the previous two posts we looked at what I consider to be some of the basic components of the visual...
Pardon for this not being the final installment on the basic aesthetics of the silent era, but I was...
rack and tank film processing Another visual quality characteristic of the silent era you might notice...
If you are new to films from the silent era, you may have noticed a distinctive look to the image, or...
Hello, you don’t know me, but I want to talk to you about silent film. For my credentials:...