Clocking in at a mere hour and ten minutes, you'd think the film Silent Movie Renaissance would be a breeze to get through. That, sadly, is not the case. Director/writer/producer/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none Jason DeStefano's homage to the silent film era is a collection of seven different vignettes that offer viewers almost nothing. Yes, the film is black and white and has title cards instead of spoken dialogue. But that's the only thing it has in common with the silent film it tries to emulate.
The seven vignettes vary by subject, including "Amusing and Amazing Animals" and "To the Extreme." But regardless of the vignette, DeStefano eschews things needed in a film like narrative cohesion and plot to show you an array of silent images related to that topic. The acting doesn't help either, as everyone involved seems like they've been forced against their will to even participate. (The "Seeing is Believing" portion looks like deleted stock footage). It's an incoherent, lazy attempt at filmmaking. The vignettes drag on, and it's almost as if DeStefano shot any piece of footage without thoughts of how to piece the vignettes together.
Hilariously, the film's IMDb page only reveals Jason's role as "Mysterious Man" and Analyn DeStefano (Jason's wife? Sister? We are told NOTHING) as "Mysterious Woman." Once you see the performances, you'll realize that any actor involved wouldn't want this on their (predictably sparse) acting resume. I cannot in good conscience recommend this for any library showing unless the librarian was trying to show students the basics of filmmaking. It doesn't even enter the territory of "so-bad-it's-good."