tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post141406155981814068..comments2007-06-18T22:48:33.488+01:00Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-79746508203467747022007-06-18T22:48:00.000+01:002007-06-18T22:48:00.000+01:00

Great to hear that Hamburg is giving you the silents treatment. Silent films, like old-time radio plays, have long suffered neglect. Whereas the latter is generally deemed a mere product of advertising, the former is not commercial enough to remain viable. Both have niche market appeal these days. Radio drama is now freely available on the web (which doesn't render it more respectable), while

Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-89089208593271937922007-06-18T09:30:00.000+01:002007-06-18T09:30:00.000+01:00

Interesting that you encountered so many silent movies in such a short period. Could it be there's a renaissance of silent film in the air? In Hamburg recently I saw two presentations featuring new live compositions of music of Berlin, Sinfonie der Großstadt and Der müde Tod.<BR/><BR/>Some time ago on German TV I saw the silent film based Salome (1923), based on an Oscar Wilde piece. There was

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