I Was Born, but... (1932) NYT Critics' Pick

[lsanderson]

Revenge on the Bully, Silently, in Japan
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: June 25, 2010

There are a handful of silent, black-and-white old movies that have the power to make all the subsequent advances in the medium look redundant. When you watch, say, Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights” or “The General” by Buster Keaton, you are aware of such complete mastery of the emotional and narrative possibilities of cinema that color and sound seem like so much distraction and filigree. Everything you could possibly want is here, and indeed the addition of anything else would only subtract from the perfection of the art. More