I don't have any way of knowing how close to the original the sound track is--or even if the original had any live sound accompaniment--but for the sound track that was included with this version, I have this to say: Soundtracks should use bassoons more like this one did. Maybe we'd have a few more bassoon players if we did. I've also decided that silent films are best watched in the morning when you first wake up.
Wondering why silent films have such a strong association to "simple stories", at least for me? There's nothing "simple" about it. It's just as good as any current day story, if not better then at least some. Is it the sound of dialogue that makes stories seem more complex? And if it is, why don't we talk about it more? Or maybe it's the idea that it's "simpler" to just listen to a movie than to watch and read one. And in the process of thinking about what's "simpler" for ourselves, we mix the two up and think that movies are what's simple and that we're getting a more complex experience by watching something we can also hear.
Surprises in this film: the fake arms--I didn't see that coming, and I didn't understand what cause the final explosion--I know that we were shown, but I didn't understand it. And who the "silent killer" was.
And Lady Belmont--does she love the guy out of fear? Or is she so surprised to see him that she doesn't know what to think? Or is it realizing that she loves a guy that's capable of murder and she's just now figuring this out?
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