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4'33'', Air, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Defamiliarization, Final Fantasy VII, John Cage, Journey to the Moon, Link, Lon Chaney, Mac, Maria Falconetti, Max Schreck, Mickey Mouse, My Neighbor Totoro, Nosferatu, Oscars, Scott Fahlman, Silent movies, Steamboat Willie, Susan Kare, The Artist, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Phantom of the Opera, Up, Viktor Shklovsky, WALL•E, Zelda
French film The Artist and its nomination for the 84th Annual Academy Awards has brought a renewed interest in silent films. John Lahr at Culture Desk said of silent films, “the mind’s eye surfs the image looking for clues to personality, absorbing atmospheres, savoring shapes, making thematic connections.”