A Critique on the Book Silent Cinema by Liam O’Leary, Paul A. Schroeder Rodriguez, translated by Majid Mostafavi

Fardar, Hamed; Dehghanpour, Hamid

doi:10.30465/crtls.2021.29460.1718

A Critique on the Book Silent Cinema by Liam O’Leary, Paul A. Schroeder Rodriguez, translated by Majid Mostafavi

Document Type : Research

Authors

Hamed Fardar ¹

Hamid Dehghanpour ²

¹ MA in Cinema, Art University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Faculty Member of Art University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.29460.1718

Abstract

The history of silent cinema is, in one sense, a record of the struggles, sufferings, victories, and failures that have been instrumental in achieving what we know today as cinema and its rules and attributes. It is also about the historical narratives that have been polished and expanded our understanding of the silent era over time. This book is a combination of two separate books by Liam Olieri and Paul Schroder Rodriguez, a concise, compelling narrative of those early years. The first book, by Liam Olivier, is dedicated to the history of silent cinema in Western countries, and the second, written by Paul Rodrigues, analyses the history of that time in Latin America. This article attempts to look at the omissions and shortcomings of the book in the Persian version to show which parts of it are repetitive and inconsistent and which ones are useful, fresh, and informative for readers.

Keywords

Silent Cinema

Film

History

Latin America

Subjects

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