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Weibo Movie Review-"The Birth of a Nation"
Amir 2022-01-12 08:01:02
1. The gradual maturity of editing, including the frequent application of parallel editing, has made the film get rid of the stage-recorded shooting method in early movies. 2. The sceneries are changeable, covering the range from long-term to close-up; there is also an overhead shooting angle. 3. The moving shots of people riding horses from the car are also Griffith's pioneering work. 4. The film makes extensive use of circle-in and circle-out transitions. Contemporary directors can refer to them if they wish to pay tribute or spoof. 5. At the time when the concept of scenery was not complete, the black mask with the same technique of entering and exiting the same circle also played a role similar to that of scenery, limiting the audience's perspective. 6. The play was very good, starting from the death of Flora , The story moves towards an inevitable ending; and the climax of the film is the last-minute rescue; the ending of the double rescue is also excellent enough, which not only solves the problem of the status of white people, but also solves the emotional conflicts of the protagonist. 7. The subject of racism is very controversial. Under the influence of this film, the KKK achieved its second rise. Called "The Birth of a Nation", the foundation of the birth of a new nation is the war between whites and blacks. The war between the North and the South caused only pain, and only when the whites united and defeated the blacks, the pain could be stitched together, and the lovers could get together, liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever. Griffith is so contradictory, deeply understands and deeply expresses the cruelty of war and the desire for peace, but the result is so absurd. 8. When a certain party steps down, the proletarian revolution can completely follow the black people here. I am very pleased that the American spirit since the 20th century has neither been black people in charge, nor barbaric lynching by white people. 9. Lilian Gish is so beautiful, but I prefer to play Margaret’s Miriam Cooper
Extended Reading
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intertitle: [at end of film] Liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever!
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intertitle: [in the little cabin] The former enemies of North and South are united again in common defence of their Aryan birthright.