Intolerance
by D.W. Griffith
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Actor: Douglas Fairbanks, F.A. Turner, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert HarronDirector: D.W. Griffith
Brand: Bayside ENT Dist
Writer: D.W. Griffith
Writer: Anita Loos
Writer: Frank E. Woods
Writer: Hettie Grey Baker
Writer: Mary H. O'Connor
Writer: Tod Browning
Writer: Walt Whitman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 197 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Intolerance
Movie Review: Elephants & Opulence
Summary: 5 Stars
As is widely known by film buffs, INTOLERANCE was created by the silent film (USA) king D.W. Griffith as a sort of apology for the overt racism in his historic BIRTH OF A NATION. That film was set during the Civil War & Reconstruction in America's South. There were artistic elements & innovative techniques in BIRTH OF A NATION that were so fresh & vivid that they popped up almost 30 years later in GONE WITH THE WIND. Both films celebrated racist reaction. Nonetheless, unlike GONE WITH THE WIND, BIRTH OF A NATION was of such historical cinematic significance that in all conscience I could only deduct a single star to protest the racist message. Fortunately, I didn't have that problem with INTOLERANCE.
It is an unequivocal masterpiece.
The most famous scene in the movie is set in Babylon and depicts mammoth elephant pillars that support multiple levels of terraces, gardens & a huge palatial palace. Hundreds of actors are shown walking up & down an enormous central stairway. The set itself is an achievement that in many ways has never been duplicated since (with the possible exception of the 60's extravaganzas like BEN HUR & CLEOPATRA.) Griffith knows what he's got to work with & allows the camera to take its time focusing on every section & level of this Gargantuan & breath-taking set.
Another great scene that takes place on the same set is dance of women & a man who are celebrating the entrance of the foreign goddess Ishtar into Babylon. If you really watch the dance you can see how sophisticated it is, the skill of the dancers, and the obvious enjoyment they take in their art.
These observations represent a small portion of the film's entire scope. The director contrasts various historic ages in which intolerance is revealed on a mythic scale. Another personal favorite of mine is the representation of Catherine d'Medici the scheming Queen Mother of France. She was a driving force behind the notorious St. Bartholomew's Massacre of the French Protestants known as Huguenots (depicted in the movie.) Catherine d'Medici is portrayed as looking like a bloated hairy beetle just about to pop. It's funny, yes, but the actress is appropriately rather fascinating & repellent.
INTOLERANCE is highly entertaining and an archival essential.
If you haven't already seen it, do yourself a favor & do.
Erich Von Stroheim's Greed
Silent Classics The Ultimate Collection
Silent Classics: Nosferatu; Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde; Metropolis
D. W. Griffith Silent Classics (Orphans of the Storm (1921) / Intolerance (1916) / Way Down East (1920) / Birth of A Nation (1915) / Broken Blossoms (1919)) (5-DVD)
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