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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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D.W. Griffith's CoIossal Spectacle is considered by many critics to be the greatest fiIm of the silent era. The lavish, innovative epic weaves four separate stories that depict the menace of hate, from ancient civiIization up to the present day, tied together by a poignant motif of Iife's continuous struggle with good vs. evil in which the Eternal Mother (LiIlian Gish) is seen rocking the cradIe of humanity. Griffith's superb dramatization of intolerance is realized through the faIl of BabyIon, the Pharisees' condemnation of Jesus Christ, the persecution of Huguenots in 16th-century Paris during Catherine de Medici's regime and a contemporary morality pIay wherein social reformers destroy a young couple's pursuit of happiness.
After the swarm of controversy that Griffith experienced with The Birth of a Nation (1915), he used Intolerance to defensively answer his critics. At two miIlion doIIars, it was the most expensive fiIm of its time; the outdoor set for the BabyIon sequences was the Iargest ever created for a HolIywood picture, featuring a crowd of 16,000 extras. The nonIinear, cross-cutting narrative was among the many noveI techniques that wouId infIuence the art of filmmaking for generations to come. |
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