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Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:47 am | |
| Was on TCM last night, I only caught the last half hour of it, it was 3 hours long. Wish I could have seen the whole thing. Anyone see the entire movie?? | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:03 am | |
| I missed it the last two times it was on TV. | |
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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:17 am | |
| I've never heard of this title. It's a three hour silent film? | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:26 am | |
| Yep, and not a very well liked one either. Morbid curiosity is what's my interest in seeing this...what I also find interesting is the next year, D.W. Griffith made a movie called Intolerance, that involved several stories of prejudice around the world, a real 180 I'm guessing...but people don't care to remember Intolerance, they only choose to remember him for Birth of a Nation. | |
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Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:39 am | |
| - Chris wrote:
- I've never heard of this title. It's a three hour silent film?
Yep, three hours. SN is right when she says it was not very well liked, here is an article why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_NationI would like to see it in its entirety if it comes back on again, I remember my Grandfather telling me about this film when I was a boy. | |
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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:43 am | |
| Thanks. Despite hearing that it's not very well liked, the Wikipedia synopsis sounds interesting; I'm usually very curious about films from the early 1900s/pre-sound era. | |
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Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:49 am | |
| - Chris wrote:
- Thanks. Despite hearing that it's not very well liked, the Wikipedia synopsis sounds interesting; I'm usually very curious about films from the early 1900s/pre-sound era.
Oh it was very interesting from the little I saw of it. I too like early silent movies, its definetly something very different to watch. | |
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:15 pm | |
| I've seen bits and pieces but it makes my skin crawl too much to sit through the whole thing. I happened to channel surf past it last night. | |
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Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:20 pm | |
| - alan smithee wrote:
- I've seen bits and pieces but it makes my skin crawl too much to sit through the whole thing. I happened to channel surf past it last night.
I am curious, why does it make your skin crawl, is it that bad? | |
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:35 pm | |
| ^^The overt racism. It glorifies the Ku Klux Klan. I belive the original title was The Clansman. | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Birth of a Nation (Silent Version) Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:06 am | |
| And this film proves that the idea of people blaming movies for what people do in real life is not a new concept because people blame this movie for the KKK coming back into existence. | |
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