Have you ever watched a silent film?

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Have you ever watched an authentic silent film from the silent film era (1900-1920's)?

If you have, please comment and tell me all about it!

Yes, I've seen a silent film. 52
No, I've never seen a silent film. 34
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  • MRmr
    11 years ago

    Yes but then I realized I was deaf.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    I've seen a few and a lot of them are really good.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    A lot. I'm not sure I've seen a thousand but I'll guarantee I've seen more than five hundred. It's a particular interest of mine. I genuinely have encyclopaediae on the subject. If anyone hasn't seen a silent film and fancies giving it a try, I would highly recommend this (from 1921):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwls7oS-MHI

    I'd recommend the film. It's only twenty something minutes out of your life. If you do have a very short attention span, though:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruj_FuPbMxg

    Bear in mind that trick photography was largely unheard of and most of this is real.

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    • VioletTrees
      11 years ago

      You would get along well with Mr Trees-Cobblepot.

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        As long as he doesn't say Chaplin was better than Keaton. Chaplin was great, but Keaton was sublime.

        He's also got to love Laurel and Hardy. Them's the rules.

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        • OswaldCobblepot
          11 years ago

          I actually did a presentation about Chaplin *as* Chaplin when I was in school, but I do appreciate me some Buster.

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    • NotFloydzie
      11 years ago

      Yay! Thank you!

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        Watch the first one. I actually think you may like it. Not everyone would but you probably will.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    My parents had a collection of Charlie Chaplin movies that I use to watch when I was a kid.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      Jason Gideon?

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  • Cheet0
    7 years ago

    Yeah, it was forced on me during my educational experience over the years...

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  • Para-noir
    8 years ago

    I adore silent films. I have many favorites, but two that come immediately to mind are Haxan (1922) and Metropolis. I highly recommend both, but for the silent films newbie, I would go for Metropolis first. There was also a silent version of The Wizard of Oz which was decent, though mildly racist.

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  • TheBunnie
    11 years ago

    City Lights is the best.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    Charlie chaplin

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  • Indira
    11 years ago

    Laurel and Hardy :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    no it would be boring as hell to watch

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  • OswaldCobblepot
    11 years ago

    Actually… 1890s to 1920s would be more accurate. ^__^

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I've seen quite a few. Silent films have become a lost art and I miss them:/

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  • asdfghjklxo
    11 years ago

    I voted yes, but only those old ones on youtube that are quite short.

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  • El.Psy.Congroo
    11 years ago

    I Have Seen a couple but only one stands out the most but i cant seem to recall the title it was about a family trying to go to California to be saved from doomsday they sadly never make it and all die :L Sad movie

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  • LilyAmongTheThorns
    11 years ago

    I have seen a couple but I do find them a bit difficult to follow, I'm very ADHD so movies are hard for me.

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  • Blue_Velvet
    11 years ago

    Charlie chaplin and i went to the cinema in the red dead redemption game and watched the two silent films there:p

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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago

    I haven't. Hmm...

    Perhaps I'll change that today.

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    I've watched "The Artist".

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