Using ideas as a benchmark for parallel montages

Demarco 2022-03-21 09:03:24

"Party to Fight Differing" uses ideas rather than scenes and plots as the basis for a parallel montage, which is nothing but absolutely ahead of its time. Even today, few films can really do it. "Wild Stories" and "26 Ways to Die" also tell several independent stories through the same theme. I think there may be two reasons for this film's box office failure: first, the idea of ​​unifying four seemingly completely different stories is a trick that is difficult for audiences in that era and even today to understand; second, these few This story involves obscure issues of religion, civilization, etc., and it may not be understood by people alone. This may also be the reason why he later divided the film into two parts, and the audience still did not buy it. But all this does not affect him to rescue the film from the confinement of the theater stage and become a master.

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Extended Reading
  • Jarvis 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    A movie from a century ago! Such a large-scale set and pioneering shooting methods are enough to be eye-popping today...

  • Quinn 2022-03-24 09:03:46

    Large-scale close-up and large-scale vision/the pioneering use of quick cuts, insertions, and flashbacks, the fall of Babylon/the crucifixion of Jesus/the massacre of St. Bartholomew/modern labor conflict and judicial justice , Griffith has completed this magnificent film with bold technical concepts and ambitions, and its achievements are undoubtedly immortal | The turbulence beyond the cradle | The film began with Griffith.

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.