The Birth of a Nation [Deluxe Edition] (3-DVD)
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 3 hours, 7 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 22, 2011
- Originally Released: 1915
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lillian Gish | |
Performer: | Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid & Donald Crisp | |
Directed by | D.W. Griffith |
Entertainment Reviews:
The quasi-Victorian Griffith was in so many respects way ahead of his time even if his philosophy and mind-set could often be said to be behind it.
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Guardian
Rating: 3/5 --
The Birth of a Nation has become a staple of any film studies course, for its excellent performances, thrilling action sequences and epic landscapes. However it's subject matter is much more controversial now.
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Empire Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
A towering milestone in the history of cinema. Asentimentalised, reactionary slab of racism. Can a film be both? In the case of D.W. Griffith's silent-era classic The Birth Of A Nation, unfortunately it can.
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Total Film
While it's clear that D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation is a seminal work of narrative filmmaking and will forever live in infamy as a result (being seen by new eyes generation after generation) that doesn't mean one can't wish it were never made.
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Cinapse
Birth of a Nation is a great epoch in picture making; it's great for pictures and it's great for the name and fame of David Wark Griffith. When a man like Griffith in a new field can do what he has done, he may as well be hailed while he is living.
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Variety
Rating: 4/4 --
A film that deserves, no demands, to be acknowledged, if for no other reason than to come to terms with the racist history it represents.
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From the Front Row
Griffith's later films are unquestionably superior. But here, in a very real sense, is where the movies began, both as an art and as a business.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
D.W. Griffith's landmark saga of the Civil War, based on Thomas Dixon Jr's "The Clansman" is presented here in its original, color-tinted, uncut format. Selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. This landmark film from silent director D.W. Griffith was the first movie blockbuster. However, it also reveals a horribly racist version of American history. The first part of the film chronicles the Civil War as experienced through the eyes of two families; the Stonemans from the North, and the Camerons of the South. Lifelong friends, they become divided by the Mason-Dixon line, with tragic results. Large-scale battle sequences and meticulous historical details culminate with a staged re-creation of Lincoln's assassination. The second half of the film chronicles the Reconstruction, as Congressman Austin Stoneman (Ralph Lewis) puts evil Silas Lynch (George Siegmann) in charge of the liberated slaves at the Cameron hometown of Piedmont. Armed with the right to vote, the freed slaves cause all sorts of trouble until Ben Cameron (Henry B. Walthall) founds the Ku Klux Klan and restores order and "decency" to the troubled land. While THE BIRTH OF A NATION was a major step forward in the history of filmmaking, it must be noted that the film supports a racist worldview. But there is no denying that it remains a groundbreaking achievement, setting a high watermark for film as an art form.
Keywords:
Civil War
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Classic
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Family Interaction
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Vintage
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War
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Recommended
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Period Piece
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 12,498
- UPC: 738329083427
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