What are some silent films you tell everyone to watch?
I’m not sure if I consider myself to be a film snob, but I will say that I do love spending time reading about Hollywood’s history and watching lesser-known titles that I bore my friends with by describing at parties.
Oh, god, I am a snob.
Look, I’ll deal with that later. The point is, silent films are really fun and most people haven’t seen any. I had seen like three until the pandemic hit, and I developed all sorts of weird hobbies.
Silent films can be hard to get into when you’re first starting. They are just so different than the typical Hollywood movies we’re used to, but they’re amazing places to get ideas for set pieces to modernize and stories to tell. They’re also lost artifacts of a time gone by, ones that open our eyes to the soul of the past.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
