Super 8 films don't record audio!
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Yes, there was super 8 film with a magnetic audio track.
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Actually, it was 16mm film (visible when he's projecting and when she carries the big film can out of his house). Super 8 wasn't introduced until 1965, and I assume the footage of Vada's mother was shot sometime before that.
I didn't know any old home movies recorded people's voices or noise at all
shareVada's mom was also an actress, so she had access.
shareJust saw the movie on cable (that's how bored I am) and I came to the message boards to make the same point: that there were no home movies with sound during the time that the films of Vada's mother must have been taking (1961 or earlier, since Vada is 13 in 1974 and her mother died when she was born).
I thought the producers were trying to get that past us, but I'll bow to wiser heads.
What really amazes me is that Hollywood can get *every single minute detail* of a period correct, from the style of luggage to the design of the hubcaps, but can't pull a decent script together. The cost of just those few seconds of pullback to the main street of Madison with the vintage cars and extras in 70s clothes would have cost several times what most "successful" screenwriters make in a year.
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