Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
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The Miracle Worker (1962)
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The Miracle Worker (1962)

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What do you see? Is it related to what you don’t see?

Over the years, I’ve come to understand something that I guess the old directors, cinematographers, and actors already knew, but that has since slipped from our awareness. It’s that black and white films aren’t just films without color. The black and white is its own medium, and there are things yo…

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