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in·ter·ti·tle  (ntr-ttl)
n.
A printed narration or portion of dialogue flashed on the screen between the scenes of a silent film.


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Intertitles are only used in two crucial instances throughout the film, where words play a fundamental role in paving the way for the successive unfolding events.
The second in Volume 2, "Adaptation, the Genre," advocates that adaptations should be approached as works in their own right, containing generic markers such as the use of period settings and music, the conscious fetishizing of history, an obsession with books and works, and the use of intertitles to set the films in their "appropriate" period.
The picture was taken from outside the projectionist's booth, and tellingly captures the reversed text of the Metropolis intertitle asking, "Was hattest Du in den Maschinen-Salen zu suchen, Freder?
 
 
 
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