Silent Movies

[AArdvark]

So I got a copy of 'The Gold Rush'. Charlie Chaplin, 1925.

I'm adding in my own dialog screens. Those stills of whatever dialog is being spoken on screen, whatever they are called. (Ah, fast research has prompted an answer; Intertitles. Big whoop.)
So far it's a lot like what MST3K would have done before the great depression. I am suffering from a case of writer's bloat. I find myself wanting to put in more and more comments and silly add-ons to the point where it detracts from the original plot line. I don't want to drown the movie with originality, I just want it to be funnier (and let me tell you, it needs it) than it is. Apparently during the 1920's people laughed at the stupidest things. Perhaps because certain drugs were legal back then, I dunno.
I'm about halfway done and taking a break for a couple months. There's only so many times I can watch the thing, even cleaned up and restored and all that. Another issue is the piano score is synchronized to the action and anytime one of my 'intertitles' shows up it moves the sound away from it's intended spot. I need to cut the audio and have my 'intertitles' silent. This will require additional effort, which
I don't feel like tackling right now. There is also the 'why' factor. Namely, this scenario: I finish the thing and then it sits in my DVD collection forever. I could NOT finish it and still have it sit in my DVD collection forever. So I'm taking a couple months off to go outside and get fresh air.


THE
TOO MUCH
MONITOR TIME
AARDVARK

[hygraed]

Greatest silent movie ever: "The General" with Buster Keaton.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I'm adding in my own dialog screens. Those stills of whatever dialog is being spoken on screen, whatever they are called. (Ah, fast research has prompted an answer; Intertitles. Big whoop.)

Whoa, how did I miss this the first time around?! That sounds hilarious - in what format can we see the results?

There is also the 'why' factor. Namely, this scenario: I finish the thing and then it sits in my DVD collection forever. I could NOT finish it and still have it sit in my DVD collection forever. So I'm taking a couple months off to go outside and get fresh air.

You can finish it, and upload it all over the Internet and get the INTERNET FAME you deserve!! Like, I don't know, the Internet Archive or something.

All I know is that nobody else has thought of re-sub-titling silent movies that I know of. You're on the cusp of greatness here.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

The only silent movie I ever tried to watch is Metropolis. Apparently it was like a three hour epic thing, but much of the movie is lost? The version I got was like 80 minutes, but I still couldn't sit through it.

Someone speaking and then me waiting for what they said, oh, man, that sucked. It SUCKED. I'll wait for someone to remake Metropolis, I guess.

[AArdvark]

Somehow I think the phrase 'copyright violation' would figure large in my life if I went wide with my additions to the film. However, I would be willing to burn additional copies and mail them to private homes. Or maybe squeeze down the format and email it. After all it's not like the sound quality could suck too much.


THE
DIRECTORS CUT
AARDVARK

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

If it's old enough, it might be out of copyright!

[Tdarcos]

If it's old enough, it might be out of copyright!

1. Anything made before 1923 is out of copyright.
2. Any work which was subject to renewal of copyright prior to about 1978 which would mean any work made prior to 1950, and the copyright was not renewed.

Otherwise it is likely the work is still protected.

When the United States went on the Berne Convention back in 1984, I think, it eliminated copyright notices, registration (but you still have to register to sue) and all prior copyrights which had not expired no longer require renewal.

This is a damn shame, because something like 99% of all works went into the public domain due to failure to renew. This has been a serious blow to the rich heritage which was available to us as a result of works becoming available. There has been a huge increase in the power of copyright holders but no equal increase in the benefits to the public which, by any reasonable analysis of the so-called "bargain", should have occurred.

Basically the copyright industries used their lawyers to pay bigger bribes and thus get what they wanted.

[AArdvark]

Those............BASTARDS!!!

Anyway, I can upload the footage I have done. Give me a couple three minutes...



THE
SHRINK TO FIT
AARDVARK

[AArdvark]

Stupid shar3ezaa only gave e the 1940 version movie. i wanted the remaster.. fuckerszz


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