An evening with lots of french decadence by good old D W...
Title: Orphans of the Storm
Instructor: D. W. Griffith
Year: 1921
Runtime (My version): 2 hr 30 mins approximately..
Seen: Spring / Summer 2009
How i got this: Torrent, no copyrights I know of. This is on the archive too...
Plot Outline: Two girls, born under different circumstances grow up in the same middleclass family. They lose their parents to the plague, and one of the "sisters" ends up blind. They go to Paris to seek a cure for her, but end up caught in the maelstrom of the French Revolution.
First impression: Too long, too melodramatic and besides, France is boring. I am not going to like this movie.
But on second thought: Well, D W got me again.
General comments: This is a very good movie. It is also a D W Griffith movie, for better or worse. It is melodramatic, and possibly over-acted, but it manages to remain interesting throughout, and though not as epic as Intolerance, the sets and the scenes are extremely impressive and detailed.
The movie makes you feel the indignation the Average Joe in pre-revolutionary France must have felt, due to the indifference and extravagance shown by the aristocracy.
The acting is good, especially by the Gish sisters. I hope to see more of Lillian Gish although I am done with the D. W. G. movies...
Title: Orphans of the Storm
Instructor: D. W. Griffith
Year: 1921
Runtime (My version): 2 hr 30 mins approximately..
Seen: Spring / Summer 2009
How i got this: Torrent, no copyrights I know of. This is on the archive too...
Plot Outline: Two girls, born under different circumstances grow up in the same middleclass family. They lose their parents to the plague, and one of the "sisters" ends up blind. They go to Paris to seek a cure for her, but end up caught in the maelstrom of the French Revolution.
First impression: Too long, too melodramatic and besides, France is boring. I am not going to like this movie.
But on second thought: Well, D W got me again.
General comments: This is a very good movie. It is also a D W Griffith movie, for better or worse. It is melodramatic, and possibly over-acted, but it manages to remain interesting throughout, and though not as epic as Intolerance, the sets and the scenes are extremely impressive and detailed.
The movie makes you feel the indignation the Average Joe in pre-revolutionary France must have felt, due to the indifference and extravagance shown by the aristocracy.
The acting is good, especially by the Gish sisters. I hope to see more of Lillian Gish although I am done with the D. W. G. movies...
Music: Well fitting, sometimes dramatic.
Pictures: Crazy costumes, palace extravaganza and angry mobs, this movie has it all, and portraits all of these very well.
Essentially this is: Another D. W. Griffith movie.
Why you should see this: Because what it sets out to do, it does quite well.
Why you shouldn't see this: It somehow just feels a lot like any other D. W. G. historical movie to me...
Honorable mention: The evil manly woman, who bullies her son. Man that's one nasty old hag.
Final rating: 65% Yes, it is good and impressive, but the freshness is somewhat lacking.
BTW: France is still kinda boring... And the next movie is French...
Honorable mention: The evil manly woman, who bullies her son. Man that's one nasty old hag.
Final rating: 65% Yes, it is good and impressive, but the freshness is somewhat lacking.
BTW: France is still kinda boring... And the next movie is French...
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