Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk featured such sparse dialogue and atmosphere-heavy scenes that many reviewers remarked that it functions almost like a silent film.
“I think there are many recent films that have scenes with strong visual storytelling, but I can’t think of many films that can be turned into a silent film in their entirety and still work.
YouTube channel Like Stories of Old decided to put this to the test, re-sequencing clips, minus dialogue, in black and white and 4:3 aspect ratio.
The edit works very well, showing the style of cinema Nolan may have taken his leads from when preparing such a classic war film.