Era
The Silent Era
Cinema before it could speak, and therefore fluent in everything else: gesture, cutting, camera movement, and a physical comedy nobody has bettered.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
F. W. Murnau · 1927
The General
Clyde Bruckman · 1926
City Lights
Charlie Chaplin · 1931
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Theodor Dreyer · 1928
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Run this as a festival
Set the clock, pick the awards, and let your guild nominate. Six films over three months is the recommended shape.
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