"Good intentions" after the birth of a nation

Clifford 2022-03-14 08:01:02

To understand a work, sometimes you need wisdom. But to see through an author's background, the author's true intentions and inner thoughts, you need more than just a little wisdom.

In fact, Griffith's party against dissent actually wants to put the hat of anti-slavery on the head of anti-slavery, indicating that his family's slavery empire is the oppressed party and should be treated with tolerance.

It is not a problem for the slavery empire to open the head of any innocent person, but anyone who opposes slavery with words or actions is partisan, lacks tolerance, and does not understand the true meaning of love. Griffith also wanted to promote another of his own works, The Birth of a Nation, which was released two years ago (1914), and pointed out that those who opposed the birth of a Nation were also partisan.

The vaunted film is, in effect, as much as the Birth of a Nation, washing the ground for the heinous slavery empire, only in a more subtle way.

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Extended Reading
  • Darian 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    I'm embarrassed to admit that when I saw the second half, I was inflamed by Griffith's groundbreaking parallel montage and last-minute rescue, because the plot just couldn't bear to watch it.

  • Earline 2022-04-23 07:05:17

    So many big scenes turned out to be choreographed casually. Former investors are so relieved.. If the narrative ratio of the four stories is so unbalanced, why not just tell 2 or 3 stories to reduce rhythm conflicts..

Intolerance quotes

  • Intertitle: Our play is made up of four separate stories, laid in different periods of history, each with its own set of characters. Each story shows how hatred and intolerance, through all the ages, have battled against love and charity.

  • Intertitle: Seeing youth drawn to youth, Miss Jenkins realizes the bitter fact that she is no longer a part of the younger world.