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Singin' in the Rain is a wonderful, colorful musical that also touches on one of the more interesting periods of American cinema. Along with Sunset Boulevard, which takes a darker look, it's nice to have a film that explores the impact of sound on cinema, how it disrupted an art form that developed its own style of physical acting to compensate for the silence.

I feel like there's a lot of stuff in each era of cinema that simply gets lost in time; we talk as if film is constantly evolving, but there are certain styles that get lost over time. Silent cinema holds up well to me because it operates so differently than everything that comes after; Singin' in the Rain falls into the same boat with its use of Technicolor. Those colors might be over-saturated, but it adds a certain aesthetic appeal we don't really get anymore.

That's another reason I am bothered when people talk like Citizen Kane is acclaimed solely for its influence; the largest part of its acclaim comes from its black and white cinematography and especially its heavy use of shadows, which means it perfected a style that isn't really even used anymore besides a few art films.
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