Film/TV Mar 2, 2015 at 8:15 am

Tonight: Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble Performs Music for the Silent Sci-Fi Movie Metropolis

Charles Mudede
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Good Morning Charles,
Wow, is "Metropolis" good. One of my favorites by Fritz Lang. You should see "Fury" (1937?) with Spencer Tracy & Myna Loy. Lang at his finest. It is in English.
lark on March 2, 2015 at 9:37 AM Report this
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How sad. You're like one of those kids who cannot tolerate black and white films because they're just too old and colourless. You have my sympathy, Charles.
Post_Mortem on March 2, 2015 at 11:12 AM Report this
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I will be at Faust next week.
MacCrocodile on March 2, 2015 at 1:05 PM Report this
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Silent films usually do have "sound", just not a recorded sound track. Pianists would improvise and get to know a film very well. The larger budget films would many times come with their own scores, complete with sheet music and cues and suggestions for sound effects.

Watching a "silent" version on YouTube does not equal the experience of the average movie goer back then.
droctopu5 on March 2, 2015 at 4:58 PM Report this

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