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Lindsay Anderson (narrator), D.W. Griffith (m.a.), Lillian Gish (m.a.), Frank Capra (m.a.), Andrew L. Stone, Zita Johann, Alexandra of Denmark (m.a.) (więcej)Opisy(1)
In this three-part documentary, celebrated film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill tell the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith (1875-1948): the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him. Judiciously chosen film clips illustrate exactly how, within seven years of going to work for the Biograph Studios in 1908, Griffith painstakingly refined camera and acting techniques; how trial and error led him to create a grammar that was the cinema’s own; and how, in 1915, he presented the fully-fledged film masterwork The Birth of a Nation. Griffith strove to outdo himself in skill, spectacle and soaring ambition, and Brownlow and Gill illuminate the successes that highlighted his career: Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East and Orphans of the Storm. A wealth of background detail is provided by vivid accounts of Griffith at work (from Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, Karl Brown, Stanley Cortez, among others), and by a comprehensive account of the great controversy sparked by The Birth of a Nation. With its extensive historic details and dazzling extracts from beautifully tinted prints, Brownlow and Gill’s three-part documentary is the perfect reminder of just how great Griffith’s achievements were. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Obsada
Lindsay Anderson (narrator)
Indie
Najlepsze filmy:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Rydwany ognia (1981)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
D.W. Griffith (m.a.)
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
San Francisco (1936)
Narodziny narodu (1915)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Lillian Gish (m.a.)
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
The Wind (1928)
Nietolerancja (1916)
Noc myśliwego (1955)
Frank Capra (m.a.)
Włochy
Andrew L. Stone
Stany Zjednoczone
Zita Johann
Austro-Węgry
Najlepsze filmy:
Mumia (1932)
Tiger Shark (1932)
Alexandra of Denmark (m.a.)
Dania
Joseph M. Schenck (m.a.)
Imperium Rosyjskie
Charlie Chaplin (m.a.)
Wielka Brytania
Najlepsze filmy:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Brzdąc (1921)
Dyktator (1940)
Dorothy Gish (m.a.)
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Dwie sieroty (1921)
The Cardinal (1963)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Neil Hamilton (m.a.)
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
America (1924)
Walter Huston (m.a.)
Kanada
Najlepsze filmy:
Skarb Sierra Madre (1948)
Sokół Maltański (1941)
The Great Sinner (1949)
Louis B. Mayer (m.a.)
Imperium Rosyjskie
Adolphe Menjou (m.a.)
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Ścieżki chwały (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - m.a.
Mack Sennett (m.a.)
Kanada
Erich von Stroheim (m.a.)
Austro-Węgry
Najlepsze filmy:
Bulwar zachodzącego słońca (1950)
Chciwość (1924)
Nietolerancja (1916)