“It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick.” JobsFilmWhiteTypeWalkingMarkSticksSilentI RealizedTiesPairsVillainMustacheSpatsNoblemenSilent FilmsWalking Sticks Author:Adolphe Menjou
“I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.” Has BeensBigsFilmFacesUsedStarsKeysSilentWideTheatreMaskYour FaceLightingFilm StarsSilent Films Author:Faith Prince
“I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and then the films from the 1940's, the Nouvelle Vague, the late Hollywood films. Now I realize, as a young actor, that it's one of my duties to actually be aware of what is today's industry and today's next big directors.” BigsTodayFilmYoungNextActorsRealizingDutyIndustryDirectorsLateApproachHollywoodSilentUniversityCinemaVagueYoung ActorsHollywood FilmsSilent Films Author:Gaspard Ulliel
“Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey” PlayFilmWindowMiracleDancingSilentBalletGreyMeltingRainyRainy DayDescendingBackdropSilent Films Author:Andy Partridge
“Garrel has succeeded in filming something we have never seen before: the faces of actors in silent films during those moments when the black intertitles, with their paltry, illuminated words, filled the screen.” MomentsFilmFacesActorsBlackFilledSilentScreensSilent Films Author:Serge Daney
“Im obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think thats extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.” ThinkingWorldFilmRomanceActorsInterestingActingSilentObsessedRelyCompellingVentureSilent FilmsOld Romance Author:Sami Gayle
“When my film went to the Venice Film Festival and won the best script writing, the jury [prize], it didn't go to my head. I know how many black filmmakers that I am operating with whose name will never be mentioned. But I'm part of them in that silent existence.” KnowsWritingFilmNamesBlackExistenceKnow HowSilentScriptsFilmmakerPrizeFestivalsJuryVeniceFilm Festivals Author:Haile Gerima
“A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that Silent Cargo is getting out there for people to see.” PeopleFilmTvsSilentStorytellingMediumsFeaturesShort FilmsCargo Author:Ellen Wong
“Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form.” ThinkingKnowsArtDifferentFactsFilmFormSoundSilentDialogueSilent Films Author:Peter Weir