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A film in which the speech and sound effects are perfectly synchronized and coincide with their visual image on the screen is absolutely contrary to the aims of cinema. It is a degenerate and misguided attempt to destroy the real use of the film and cannot be accepted as coming within the true boundaries of the cinema.
Paul Rotha
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Paul Rotha
Born:
June 3, 1907
Died:
March 7, 1984
(aged 76)
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Paul Rotha was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic.
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A Paul Rotha reader
Robert J. Flaherty, a biography (1983)
Documentary film (1936)
Documentary diary (1973)
Rotha on the film (1958)
Paul Rotha on Wikipedia
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