Silent films are a lost art. Hollywood really has gone overboard on special effects and underwhelming plot lines (that is, when they do something other than just remaking an 80’s film or re-vamping Superman for the zillionth time).
I took a trip back to my alma mater Ohio Wesleyan University last weekend. As I meandered down memory lane, I was saddened to see my favorite professor, Helmut Kremling, was no longer teaching. Not only was he a great mentor for me while proffing the courses of my major (German Studies), he also taught an Introduction to Film class that completely opened up a whole new world to me. I had always been a lover of movies, but never before had I experienced so much fascination with a dying art form. Much like the old celluloid films of the late 19th Century, the structural integrity of true trend-setting and cutting-edge films is in…
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