In nearly every language, however the words are phrased, the most basic division in cinema history lies between films that are mute and films that speak.

几乎每一种语言中，无论措辞，电影史最基本的划分都在于无声和有声电影之间。

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So I used to put down such words, " in fact, the biggest distance lies not between two extremes, but between the intermediate and the extreme."

所以，我曾经写过“ 实际上，最大的距离，并不是存在与两个极端，而是中间状态和极端之间。”

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