Opera may even reveal silent film not to be voiceless at all.
The subjects were asked to recount the story of a silent film.
Theater musicians went from stage productions to making live music for the silent film.
It is tempting to see these arias as the most obvious way for a silent film truly to have a voice.
The musical accompaniment of silent film has a venerable tradition.
However, he fails to see that even in a silent film the visual language of cinema can be equally vacillating and ambiguous.
However, this film goes far beyond the short story, play, opera and silent film by considerably fleshing out the narrative.
Surprisingly then, silent film is uniquely suited to revealing opera's tendency to go beyond song, in its fascination with and anxiety about silence.
