Surely Mark Lawson is aware that, from the very beginning, cinema was always a space where conversation took place (End these noises off, 17 June)? Silent film, with its intertitles, offered a meeting place for people to discuss the events of the day.
Intertitles were translated by patrons into a multitude of languages to enable friends to understand the film's narrative. It was the onset of the talkies, not to mention the middle class, that introduced the "shh" into cinema. Part of the enjoyment of a film is engaging with the product (audible reaction to a scary movie or laughing would appear to Lawson acceptable, while a brief exchange during the film is not), did Lawson not attend Saturday pictures?
Gary Cummins
London
• While in agreement with Mark Lawson's view that theatregoers who use mobile phones, or conduct private conversations, etc, during performances should "shut up or get out", I was surprised by his comment,...
Intertitles were translated by patrons into a multitude of languages to enable friends to understand the film's narrative. It was the onset of the talkies, not to mention the middle class, that introduced the "shh" into cinema. Part of the enjoyment of a film is engaging with the product (audible reaction to a scary movie or laughing would appear to Lawson acceptable, while a brief exchange during the film is not), did Lawson not attend Saturday pictures?
Gary Cummins
London
• While in agreement with Mark Lawson's view that theatregoers who use mobile phones, or conduct private conversations, etc, during performances should "shut up or get out", I was surprised by his comment,...
- 6/19/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
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