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I totally agree, Jesse. On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:06 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > there's nothing quite like silent black & white films to create a sense > of the numinous. The manner of acting, too, was imported directly from > the 19the century stage, complete with fixed looks, poses and broad > gestures that could be seen from the farthest seat in the house. > > I think what stays with me, though, are the EYES of the characters--the > robot's corpse-like stare, the mad, insinuating eyes of Rotwang, the > come-hither looks of the robot involved in a rather tame (by our > standards) lascivious dance, clothed in the simulated likeness of the > heroine, the half-closed eyes of the foolish rich boy as he chases his > elite playmates around a gated complex, the vatic stare of the "true" > heroine holding forth to the workers, and the eyes of the industrialist, > filled with equal portions of intelligence and guilt. > > How much could be communicated by those gestures, those poses and those > eyes! Though it could be argued that modern films have gained in > subtlety with sound and color, I would argue that a vital language--of > gesture, interplay of light and shadow, texture and etc.--has been lost. > > Jess > -- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star!