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Telling stories without words

Posted: Friday, October 8th, 2010 @ 1:42 am in Wordless Documentaries | Comments Off

Cinema began as a series of moving pictures, at some point coalescing into a story. Occasionally, title cards would convey information or dialogue that was seemingly necessary to the story. With the advent of sound, many filmmakers took it for granted that it was now necessary to embrace this new feature. Charlie Chaplin was a [...]