Basically when people discuss Pure Cinema they are referring to moments in a film where all information is offered through visuals alone, without the aid or inclusion of soundtracks and dialogue. ... Also, I believe that it is not just the exclusion of sound that makes modern cinema pure, but simply the deemphasis of sound to image. ... So modern examples of Pure Cinema might include a scene that has sound, but the sound is not even close to the primary focal point of the piece. ... So excluding the "dreadful" involvement of music in this technically marvelous shot, how much information wer...

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Not all adaptations fare as well; in fact, critics literary and popular, often resort to the following complain: "it wasn't like that in the book". ... Description, narration, and represented thoughts of a novel must be transcoded into speech, actions, sounds and visual images. ... "Space is a medium of communication and the way we respond to objects and people within a given area is a constant source of information in life as well" (Gianetti, 2005:72) For example, dominance is indicated by space between people. ... Dialog, or spoken language is the second layer of sou...

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The film is book ended with two scenes of extreme violence. ... Woo brings us into the community and shows us a comforting, albeit busy scene of people enjoying each other's company and the sound of their birds before shattering this mundane hubbub with an explosion of gunfire. ...

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