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Emil 2022-03-25 09:01:15

If you don't look at the racial issue, I think the story is still very good. There is a very grand feeling. The Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan, love, friendship, if these are not in this context, there should be a lot of extra points. But this background is a little worse...beautifying the Ku Klux Klan, prejudice against black people, etc., are all problems. A large number of cross montages, the scenes change a lot, and different meanings are formed by covering methods: telephoto or close-up, etc. Photography has fast-moving photography, and the transitions are also very rich. Fade in and out, circle in circle out are very good. But I may be a little tired today... Silent movies and lyrical background music playing all the time, I still slept for a while...

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The Birth of a Nation quotes

  • intertitle: Dare we dream of a golden day when the bestial War shall rule n o more. But instead - the gentle Prince in the Hall of Brotherly Love in the City of Peace.

  • intertitle: [at end of film] Liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever!