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Silent London’s Pamela Hutchinson looks back at the origins of silent cinema and contemplates the striking similarities to what we’re watching now on our phones and on the big screen…

 

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Understanding Fallen Angels

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Nick Broomfield interview

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Expressionism

Fallen Angels: A Wong Kar Wai Masterpiece

Superimposition in film

Under the Skin explained

Naming, and Defining, Avant-Garde or Experimental Film

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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