Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art) (1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art)
Date:
1952
Publisher:
London : Dennis Dobson Ltd.
Volume:
Theory of the film : (character and growth of a new art)
Leaf #:
000251
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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IRRATIONAL SOUND EFFECT 231 tween the lines' only where rationally readable lines are available. The unspoken word can find a voice only as a sort of consonant of the spoken word. Between two clearly intelligible words we can seize, as between the points of delicate forceps, that something for which there is no word. But words which have no rational content can never conjure up the aura of irrational moods. They can be only inarticulate sounds of passion, such as screams, sobs, laughter, which cannot express subtly differentiated shades of feeling. The irrationality of such sounds gives no deeper meaning to words but deprives them on the contrary of all meaning.