The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

  • Director: D.W. Griffith
  • Writer: Thomas Dixon Jr.,D.W. Griffith,Frank E. Woods
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: None
  • Release date: March 21, 1915
  • Sound mix: Silent
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
  • Also known as: In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan
  • "The Birth of A Nation" is a historical drama film directed by D·W·Griffith and co-starring Lillian Gish , herry·B·voso and Ralph Reeves . The film was released in the United States on February 8, 1915.
    The film tells the story of the conflict of fate between the blacks of the North and the South and the KKK before and after the Civil War   .

    Details

    • Release date March 21, 1915
    • Filming locations Calexico, California, USA
    • Production companies David W. Griffith Corp., Epoch Producing Corporation

    Box office

    Budget

    $100,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Aurelia 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      From Griffith to The Birth of a Nation

      Before 1908, the so-called "movie" was still a ten to twenty-minute "spectacle film", and the so-called "director"'s job was nothing more than normalizing the exposure of the camera, arranging the physical movements of some actors, or selecting some beautiful carcasses worthy of being photographed. . At that time, the photographer was the boss on the set. The director has no control over the specific cinematography, sometimes even just an employee called "action" and "cut" on...

    • By Alanis 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      A century-old commercial

      Historically speaking, the status of the birth of a country is irreplaceable, and its greatness is no less than the arrival of a train. It pioneered the transformation of films from short films to feature lengths, realized the profitability and storytelling of films, and enhanced the status of films. The plot of the film is extremely perfect, the relationship between the characters is clear, and the shooting method is very complicated for the time. It is the beginning of the development of...

    • By Jany 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Superman, Iron Man, Spiderman... Superheroes are keen on the secrets of "last minute rescues"!

      When the plane is about to crash,

      Superman arrived just in time to save hundreds of people.

      When the bad guys are about to succeed,

      Iron Man stood up to give a strong counterattack.

      Facing the age-old problem of...

    • By Emil 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      2017.3.10 View "The Birth of a Nation"

      If you don't look at the racial issue, I think the story is still very good. There is a very grand feeling. The Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan, love, friendship, if these are not in this context, there should be a lot of extra points. But this background is a little worse...beautifying the Ku Klux Klan, prejudice against black people, etc., are all problems. A large number of cross montages, the scenes change a lot, and different meanings are formed by covering methods: telephoto or close-up,...

    • By Allie 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      2017.3.10 View "The Birth of a Nation"

      If you don't look at the racial issue, I think the story is still very good. There is a very grand feeling. The Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan, love, friendship, if these are not in this context, there should be a lot of extra points. But this background is a little worse...beautifying the Ku Klux Klan, prejudice against black people, etc., are all problems. A large number of cross montages, the scenes change a lot, and different meanings are formed by covering methods: telephoto or close-up,...

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    • By Aisha 2022-03-29 09:01:06

      8.0/7.1 The existence of some things has its historical significance, and it is also inevitable for development. Existence is reasonable. As for whether it is good or bad, it is not something we can...

    • By Eunice 2022-03-29 09:01:06

      Finished watching it three times. Reactionary enough. Ha...

    • By Rebeka 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      american civil war propaganda...

    • By Jarret 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Compared with the European films of the same era, the Americans have no culture at first...

    • By Ivy 2022-03-28 09:01:08

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    The significance of "The Birth of A Nation" is that it borrows the pattern and style of Italian epic films to form a model of Hollywood film mode. The three-hour movie, the historical landscape with the Civil War as the background, the flickering of personal emotions in front of the political curtain, not to mention the grand war scenes, the crowd scenes like tides, all let the audience and filmmakers see The power and infinite...
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    Movie quotes

    • Flora Cameron: [to Gus] Stay away or I'll jump!

    • intertitle: A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE / We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceded to the art of the written word - the art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

    • intertitle: If in this work we have conveyed to the mind the ravages of war to the end that war may be held in abhorrence, this effort will not have been in vain.