"Intolerance" is a historical drama directed by American director Griffiths. The film was released in 1916. There are currently several versions, the shortest is 117 minutes and the longest is 220 minutes.
The film is mainly composed of four stories separated by thousands of years, "Mother and the Law", "Passion of Christ", "Saint Bartholomew Massacre" and "The Fall of Babylon". Together they express the theme: the struggle between hatred and loving-kindness has lasted for thousands of years, and only perfect love can have eternal peace.
The film was named one of the 12 best films in film history at the Brussels International Fair in 1958, but even the best is still a torment for today's moviegoers. After all, from frugality to luxury is easy, and from luxury to frugality is difficult. It is really a practice for modern audiences who are accustomed to Dolby Atmos 3Dimax to watch a black and white silent feature film. Yes, I respect you as a man. In fact, not only for us, but the audience at the time didn't buy it too much. It cost 2 million US dollars, which lasted a year and a half, but finally only got 200,000 US dollars. Griffith should be about to cry without tears. Of course, the box office Waterloo does not represent the film. The quality, the creative narrative structure and editing techniques of "The Same Party and the Diversity" all determine its name in history.
Among the four stories in the film, "The Passion of Christ" is the story that Jesus suffered for the world and was nailed to the cross, "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew" is the massacre of Protestants by French Catholics, and "The Fall of Babylon" is the story of Persia. The story of the army destroying the ancient kingdom of Babylon with the help of traitors. The perspective of Babylon is relatively new. It is told from a girl who admires the prince of Babylon, which is a bit like the little mermaid.
Finally, let's talk about "Mother and the Law". Let's tell the story first. Several progressive ladies found the rich Miss Jenkins and asked her to invest in something similar to the Women's Federation. Later, the workers in Miss Jenkins' home factory couldn't stand the exploitation and went on strike. Many workers lost their jobs after the collision, including the heroine's father and the man's family. Everyone was looking for jobs, and the male and female protagonists knew each other. Later, the male protagonist joined a similar fraudulent gang. The female protagonist began to pretend to be a lady because she could not find a man, and ended up with the male protagonist. The host wants to enter the hostess' room, but the hostess doesn't agree, so the host says we should get married. Then they got married and had children. Later, the male protagonist was arrested, the female protagonist took care of the child alone, and the women's federation came over to steal the child. When they saw a man entering or leaving the tower's house, they said that the female protagonist was disrespectful (Mr. Lu Xun's words were useful), and also said The heroine was drinking, and the child was robbed like this.
The female protagonist lost her child, and was spotted by the leader of the male protagonist's original gang. The leader's wife followed the leader to try to get the female protagonist. As a result, the male protagonist was released from prison. During the fight between the male protagonist and the leader, the leader's wife fired a shot. The police came, and of course it was assumed that the male protagonist had murdered.
The heroine wanted to cry without tears, it was too miserable. Later, well-meaning officials helped her find the real murderer together, and the male protagonist was finally rescued.
To tell this story, firstly, I have the feeling of a suspense movie, and secondly, I have social thinking.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Women's Federation, the feeling was good, and even the starting point of robbing children was also a good starting point, but is "for your own good" really good? Whether there is a situation where good intentions turn into bad things, and whether there is a situation where good people are deceived, their perspective is reasonable and well-founded, but the other is Rashomon, and this is the truth of Dazhongruojian. The execution at the end was also interesting. The female lead scholar is also quite fun.
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