The Crime Scene

A Postmortem by T.F.D.

Was it murdered? Or did we abandon it?

The Autopsy Report

The Six Phases of the Decline:

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The Sound Takeover

From Silence to Sound

  • 1927: The Jazz Singer changes everything

  • Silent stars vanish

  • Dialogue becomes the new god

Suspected Motive: Obsolescence by progress

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file #002
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file #004
file #005
file #006

The Sound Takeover

From Silence to Sound

  • 1927: The Jazz Singer changes everything

  • Silent stars vanish

  • Dialogue becomes the new god

Suspected Motive: Obsolescence by progress

FILE #001
file #002
file #003
file #004
file #005
file #006

The Sound Takeover

From Silence to Sound

  • 1927: The Jazz Singer changes everything

  • Silent stars vanish

  • Dialogue becomes the new god

Suspected Motive: Obsolescence by progress

The Witness

We All Saw It Didn’t We?

Cinema isn’t a format.

It’s a fight.

A fight to be represented.

JOIN US. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.

The Witness

We All Saw It Didn’t We?

Cinema isn’t a format.

It’s a fight.

A fight to be represented.

JOIN US. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.

Cinema isn’t coming back—unless we bring it back.

Join us June 20 for Cinema Under the Stars, a rooftop night for those who still believe in film.