The film tells 4 stories that are not very related, and the 4 narrative lines intersect. Even for the audience now, the narrative method of the story is difficult to accept, let alone 100 years ago. There was no surprise at the box office, and the more tragic Griffith went bankrupt.
The film's exploration of film language and its role in promoting film shooting methods are unquestionable. Many scenes in the film seem to be normal now, but at the time it was indeed a great innovation and challenge.
It is a huge challenge for film creators to include multiple narrative lines in a film, and many films fail because of this. The most successful I can think of is Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone".
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