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silent

[sahy-luhnt] / ˈsaɪ lənt /




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The Soviet director used brilliantly innovative techniques of photography and editing to tell the story of a naval uprising in this landmark silent film.

From The Wall Street Journal

It's a kid-friendly twist to content that otherwise remains the same as it ever was – the silent word and the still line.

From BBC

Putting too much control over what we watch in too few hands has been a perennial concern since talkies replaced silent films.

From MarketWatch

He was still in his mid-20s when he made, within the space of 12 months, both “Strike” and “Battleship Potemkin,” two of the mightiest peaks in silent cinema.

From The Wall Street Journal

I have only ever participated in one demonstration, and it was on the day after 9/11, when I joined a huge crowd in a silent march through Frankfurt, my home at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal