They say that with the inclusion of sound one's attention is split between the image and the soundtrack. ... 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. In other words not the complete exclusion of sound, but the suppression or submission of it to the 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. ... I would argue that most of the film is, in fact, an example of Pure Cinema because although ...

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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. ... Film's arsenal of pictures, movement, perception, mise en scene, shadow, character, and sound create an entity, which, to the senses, feels more real than words on page. ... Dialog, or spoken language is the second layer of sound, which comes from within the picture. ... Dialect and speech patter...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 2769
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School