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The Birth of a Nation & The Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: Kino Video :: Released: 2002-12-10

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The Birth of a Nation & The Civil War Films of D.W. Griffith Summary BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (DVD MOVIE)

The Epic Story Of Two Families One Northern & One Southern During & After The Civil War. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 12/10/2002 Starring: Henry B. Walthall Mae Marsh Run Time: 187 Minutes Director: D.w. Griffith

A pivotal moment in film history. After The Birth of a Nation, nothing was the same: not the way audiences watched movies, not the way filmmakers created them. D.W. Griffith's jumbo-size saga of the Civil War expanded the boundaries of storytelling on the screen, conveying a richer, more complicated (and certainly longer) tale than anyone had seen in a movie before. The delicate relationships, the sad passage of time, the spectacular battle scenes all look as fresh and innovative today as they did in 1915. So do Griffith's brilliant actors, most of them--including favorite leading lady Lillian Gish--drawn from his regular stock company. What has become increasingly problematic about The Birth of a Nation is Griffith's condescending attitude toward black slaves, and the ringing excitement surrounding the founding of the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith, whose political ideas were naive at best, seemed genuinely surprised by the criticism of his masterwork, and for his next project he turned to the humanist preaching of the massive Intolerance. Despite protests, Birth sold more tickets than any other movie, a record that stood for decades, and President Woodrow Wilson famously compared it to "history written in lightning." That judgment has lasted. --Robert Horton

Birth of a Nation and the Civil War... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Charles West, Blanche Sweet
Director: D.W. Griffith
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 187 mins
UPC: 738329026622
Binding: DVD
Studio: Kino Video
Release Date: 2002-12-10
Region Code: 1
Specs: Black & White, Full Screen, Silent, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Unknown), Japanese (Dubbed),