Today when Hollywood churns out movies with special effects that are eye candy, and starring people that couldn't act themselves out of a Mime's Paper Bag. I look to the past to see what exactly we are missing with the dissolution of the Silent Film that was overtaken by the talkie.
The Silent Movie was art like anyother. Flickering pictures sometimes accompanied by a piano that was played in the theater that the movie was shown. You had to rely on the ability of the actor, and the occasional "Text Break" that would flesh out what these visual artists are emoting to enjoy the movie. There were actors that still after 100 years they have a visual presence that can touch you like no modern day actor or actress ever could.
You could take any silent film, swap out the English Text, and replace it with Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, hell, maybe even Japanese, and this international crowd could enjoy this movie no matter where it was made. We have lost this Universal Appeal. We have lost this magic, and that is a shame.
"Why so serious?"
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