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The Barker - Experiencing Cinema from Another Century

Bonimenteur

Excerpt

Experience early cinema as it once was known as benshi in Japan, explanadorin Spain or Kinoerzähler in Germany, here is he more commonly known as a film barker, or bonimenteur in French. He was once the one who, back in the silent era, provided a film’s “sounds”: dialogues, commentaries, context... Experience cinema as it originally was presented to audiences with this special presentation by Germain Lacasse, professor and international bonimenteur expert.
A cinematographic experience you’ll never find on the Internet!