I have a gripe. It is in the form of silence. In my view the silent film ended when sound came along. I can only think of a hand full of reasons to not include sound in a modern film. One would be if the film were intended for the deaf. Another would be if the person making said film had not possible way to get a sound recording done and can not borrow the help of any one who could help them out in adding sound to their film.
Other than that, you negate life in a film with only silence. Silence is not the opposite of sound, a void is the opposite of sound. From the moment a baby cries to its last breath, it fills our world with sound. Mr. Bogner said something along the lines of seeing our whole lives and the importance of sight. But why do we look around? Because we hear things that cause us to look and observe. I believe sound plays as big, if not a bigger role in film.
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I see where you are going with your statements, and to some extent will agree, but when viewing someone's art it is important to understand their choices and try to experience their art as they intended. Art films are like painting or sculpture, most of the world just won't get it, I don't usually get it, unless it is interepreted by the artist. After I have a better understanding of their creative process and the sense of discovery, intrigue, exploration that the artist used I find that I better appreciate their work. Would I want to pay $8.00 and watch these works in a theater? No, certainly not, but then these works aren't intended for Hollywood in the first place.
I merely state my opinion for what it's worth and look forward to an ongoing dialogue. :)
Trisha
I remember reading an article on how during the process of inventing "THX" that a test was performed where a film with the normal stereo sound mix and remixed it to meet THX standards, added surround sound etc..
They took several groups of people and told them they were going to watch a movie twice.. Once on the current way they process film the second with THX enhanced film processing for superior image quality.
Despite the fact that both versions of the film had identical image quality the vast majority of viewers claimed to have noticed a significant improvement in image quality in the remixed version.
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