FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: King Vidor, Sound Film, Redone
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After his greatest silent success, the crowd (1928), king vidor set to work on his first sound film. Images point to another side, sound delivering another side or realm (speaking, singing, etc. have ability to deliver the invisible new dimension given to cinema) What was lost: the german industry adopted sound begrudgingly. Lingering silence: in china, the first sound films were made in 1931, and shown in theaters equipped for sound by american companies. Transition was low and some didn"t want it o happen at all. Probably much of the special quality of silent cinema is a matter of participation. A talking can be experienced by simply sitting and allowing the sound to wash over one, but to see and make any sense at all of a silent movie, we have to participate. american film critic james card. I realized that much magic would disappear from the screen american director king vidor, on hearing the coming of sound cinema.
