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Intolerance is a 1916 American anthology silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding…
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In 1915 D.W. Griffith wrote the new chapter in history of cinema with *The Birth of a Nation*. The film, which was the very first true epic in history of Hollywood, was enormous commercial success and is now recognised as groundbreaking achievement that paved the way for further development of film as an art. But it also caused controversies that last to this day, starting with accusations for inflaming racial hatre…More
I'm watching the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die in chronological order: This is epic, grand, groundbreaking, and yet incredibly boring and tedious to get through. At nearly three hours long, it tells four stories at once, cutting back and forth throughout the film. Each takes place in a different time period. The vast sets for battle scenes are certainly an amazing feat, but not really fun to watch. I'm try…More
