I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
Interpretation
Lillian Gish expresses her belief that silent films were a unique and expressive art form worthy of appreciation.
In this quote, Lillian Gish reflects on her disapproval of 'talkies', highlighting the artistic value of silent films. She suggests that silent movies were not simply a precursor to sound films but rather an intricate art form that conveyed deep emotion and narrative through visual storytelling, pantomime, and expression without the reliance on dialogue.
In practice
During a film discussion, when talking about the evolution of cinema.
You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
The stage was our school, our home, our life.
The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.
I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected more. Like icy adolescents, such poetry is more interested in commiserating than acknowledging that feelings β the sentiments that make us susceptible to sentimentality β actually exist.
While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a train station in a town that has none, placing towns closer to each other than they are, changing the chronology of conquered cities. Yet I did not play with the central events of that time.
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
Guitar was just a hobby, but it seemed to me that the instrument had possibilities, not least of which was that there was no one else playing it. I could be, as it were, the best boy in an all-girls school.
Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.
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