I know the media depicts silent films as being static, slow and boring, but there were many experimental silent movies which are still surprisingly dynamic today.

If you skip to 08:22 on this video you can see the main section of quite a strange abstract silent with some modern Creative Commons music on top:

https://fedi.video/w/kjjkKYs1k8jZunu8sWtScM

This film was made almost 100 years ago, but some of the visuals still look good now.

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Do you like silent films? You can watch some nice silents on PeerTube on this playlist:

🎞️ https://fedi.video/w/p/sp9msEzM8z5SPZuizBzxFG

- If you're on a phone, scroll first two video titles at the bottom to see rest of the playlist.

- If you're on a computer, choose a video by scrolling through the playlist on the right.

- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.

cc @silentfilm

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At the start of the year I edited together a Creative Commons-licensed soundtrack for silent film "Wings" (1927), the first ever movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The idea was to create a version that is watchable but also available to freely distribute online.

You can watch the entire film at:

📽️ https://fedi.video/w/mnxJLqxaS9yejUAnZPNYcH

It would be nice to do more of these, does anyone have requests for silent films to do next? (Dramas would probably be better than comedies, comedies tend to require tight purpose-written scores.)

@film

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I'm seeing so many projects restoring silent films that were previously thought lost, which can mean only one thing:

Time travel is real and this is the optimal time period for selling lost historical product to recoup the costs of the technology.

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Word Search Puzzle 51

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http://karafinance.com/2024/02/26/word-search-puzzle-51/

Just finished this absolutely excellent #biography of #LouiseBrooks by Barry Paris– maybe the best #bio of an entertainer I've ever read (admittedly, low bar). Super well-researched and well-written, a truly enjoyable read about an enigmatic and problematic #silentfilms star who became an icon despite never being a very big star. Highly recommended; I'm working on her own book, "Lulu in Hollywood," next.

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