In order to fully appreciate how far cinema has advanced in technical terms - both in cinematography, and in special effects, and in acting, it is worth watching films made from time to time in the era of silent cinema. I used to watch them more often, now occasionally, but the other day I got an old film by René Clare Imaginary Journey
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In order to fully appreciate how far cinema has advanced in technical terms - both in cinematography, and in special effects, and in acting, it is worth watching films made from time to time in the era of silent cinema. I used to watch them more often, now occasionally, but the other day I got an old film by René Clare Imaginary Journey of 1925 (in some sources 1926), which we know as a recognized master of cinema, and yesterday I watched it. Honestly, at first I needed to call for help self-discipline, not to turn off the film immediately, so poor by modern ideas it seemed, but then I still watched it to the end. Of course, this is a comedy, and melodramatic, with elements of even buffoonery, but in places and satire, the actors godlessly overplay and do it quite sloppy in the modern view, terrible makeup, as far as it can be seen in the film, looks quite sloppy and entourage - on the floor in the bank lie papers that employees just throw on the floor, "licensed" palmist, who came by car, looks like Baba Yaga, etc. The idea of the film is elementary fabulous. By the way, the film is dedicated to Georges Méliès, but it seemed to me that even before the films of Méliès with their special effects, shot much earlier, he sometimes does not reach. One of the things I didn’t have any complaints about was the dog in the movie.
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