Life at 24 Frames a Second - Wired for Sound

David Thomson, author of the Biographical Dictionary of Film, takes a highly personal journey through the meaning of film and its impact on us. Programme 3: Wired For Sound. The dream of a universal language of film, even one that took place in silence with titles, died as Al Jolson sang for his 'mammy' in The Jazz Singer (1927). A new age of dreaming and illusion was upon us and it had many voices. Producer: Mark Burman.