Opera may even revealsilentfilmnot to be voiceless at all.From theCambridge English Corpus
The subjects were asked to recount the story of asilentfilm.From theCambridge English Corpus
Theater musicians went from stage productions to making live music for thesilentfilm.From theCambridge English Corpus
It is tempting to see these arias as the most obvious way for asilentfilmtruly to have a voice.From theCambridge English Corpus
The musical accompaniment ofsilentfilmhas a venerable tradition.From theCambridge English Corpus
However, he fails to see that even in asilentfilmthe visual language of cinema can be equally vacillating and ambiguous.From theCambridge English Corpus
However, this film goes far beyond the short story, play, opera andsilentfilmby considerably fleshing out the narrative.From theCambridge English Corpus
Surprisingly then,silentfilmis uniquely suited to revealing opera's tendency to go beyond song, in its fascination with and anxiety about silence.From theCambridge English Corpus
Would asilentfilmof or about opera have any meaning?From theCambridge English Corpus
Tambling mentions a few prima donnas who were lent tosilentfilm, but does not account for their silence.From theCambridge English Corpus
They also suggest, perhaps, some essential quality ofsilentfilmitself.From theCambridge English Corpus
In bothsilentfilmand in opera, moments of generic anxiety, so to speak, are signified by the gesture of the cry.From theCambridge English Corpus
Silentfilmis a specific construction of images in relation to the absence of speech; it struggles with expression in conditions lacking speech.From theCambridge English Corpus
The only language included in thesilentfilmwas the speech of the actors that was presented in the titles (see footnote 5).From theCambridge English Corpus
Silentfilmrepresenting the voice of opera wishes to emit a cry, yet the very essence of that cry is that it will not be heard.From theCambridge English Corpus
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