Silent films boomed at the start of film, and quickly got replaced by talkies.
Nowadays people at home are watching a movie, talking to friends, and playing on their phone at the same time. Short format content is often consumed silently. The artform of silent film making is having a resurgence (in 1-5 minute clips)
I’ve browsed coub, tiktok, youtube shorts, instagram reels… all muted while doing something else
The Talkie days are numbered.
I wonder how much porn is watched silently?
I used to exclusively watch porn silently from the time I discovered porn until I started having sex regularly. The noises were strange to me and usually I had family in the house so I couldn’t use volume anyway. They also seemed over the top and fake.
I still watch it muted, the sound throws me off. I’m also an absolutely silent masturbator and find it very difficult to be quiet during sex, which I’ve never totally understood, but I suspect it’s related.
That echos my experiences - is porn the silent film superstar?