Hmmm. I don’t think I’m being curmudgeonly or old-fashioned but … really … does every movie under the sun have to come out in 3D and be organ-rattlingly loud? Where does cinema and the entertainment world go from here? Perhaps back to the basics. Here’s my two cents: I think the next cinematic revolution will be silent, black and white films. Unless there’s such a thing as 4D programming. Is there?
I was surprised to see, after a cursory search, that there’s still quite a bit of activity around silent films. There’s Silent Movie Mondays taking place in Seattle, and there was a silent film festival in Kansas this past February. And here’s the blog for Ben Model a silent film music accompanist, and his 2010 road schedule. And here’s a neat blog called The Bioscope “reporting on the world of early and silent cinema.”
Some of my favorites: Son of the Sheik with Rudolf Valentino, The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Lon Chaney, anything with Charlie Chaplan and anything with Lillian Gish.
Want to know more? Here’s a good jumping off point: Silent Film Wikipedia entry
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