Broken Blossoms Comments

Kay 2022-04-20 09:02:21

The 26-year-old Lillian Gish plays Lucy, a 15-year-old girl who has suffered from the violence of her father's fists. Her movements and expressions all reveal the anxiety and panic unique to a minor girl who has been tortured for a long time. Her acting skills are superb, but unfortunately there was no Oscar at that time. , otherwise the best actress must be her. In order to express the physical appearance of Chinese males, Barthelmess has always narrowed his eyes, supported his chin, and...

Patricia 2022-04-20 09:02:21

@MoMA can only say that the historical significance is greater than the plot. The daughter who was raped by her father fell in love with the yellow man who rescued her and was finally beaten to death by her father. The yellow man also killed his father for revenge and then committed suicide. The story is simply terrible. However, the Zen courtyard and the sound of bells in the twilight add spirituality to the whole film in addition to the bloody plot and exotic customs, and the live piano...

Troy 2022-04-20 09:02:21

A tragedy created by a helpless sense of distance, Lilian Jixu's perfect interpretation as always, pioneering themes, skillful production, the Chinese scene shown by Griffith at the beginning of the film and the various details of the set, it does not seem to come from In the studio, the final ending did not enter the darkest place, but it still gave people a little hope, smiling against the cruel...

Kennith 2022-04-20 09:02:21

The missed kiss is completed in the poster ps. Who changed the poster! Comments...

Beulah 2022-04-20 09:02:21

The 1919 silent film, the protagonist is a Chinese (played by a foreigner) who spreads Buddhism but is addicted to opium, and finally encounters a domestic violence London woman. The setting in the film is so filthy and terrifying that it is the same as a horror film. The image of the Chinese people is even more weak and...

Cassandra 2022-04-19 09:02:44

While the "yellow man" image in the film remains stereotyped and full of prejudice, Griffith's attitude is open. The tight-knit theatrical structure that was popular at the time may seem rigid, but the subtitles on the moral level are not blindly didactic, but make the whole film full of goodwill and...

Katheryn 2022-04-19 09:02:44

United Arts' first film. At the beginning of the chapter with Chinese elements, compared with the original novel, the male protagonist was changed from a slump to a noble man who believed in Buddhism. After crossing the ocean and arriving in London for a few years, he fell into ruin. In this context, helping the poor female protagonist means upgrading, and the tragedy ends. Even more regrettable. The layout is reduced to a melodrama, and the multi-scene shot switching has a smooth narrative...

Ladarius 2022-04-19 09:02:44

The protagonist, Cheng Huan, is kind, respectful and modest in his heart. He takes care of his beloved white girl in every possible way. In the face of desire, he can restrain himself in time, like a Chinese gentleman. It is not easy to find such a full-fledged Chinese image in Western films where Asians are not well received, even in today's politically correct world. It would be too narrow-minded to feel offended just by looking at the hunched body and squinting eyes—the stereotype of Chinese...

Demarco 2022-04-19 09:02:44

At first, I was complaining to my dad about this foreigner playing Chinese dressed like a eunuch, but when he finally put the flowers that he didn't have time to deliver on Lilian Gish's bedside, I also "all the tears over ages rush" over my heart"... I watched this after rewatching "The Whale in August" today. After nearly 70 years, her face is getting old, but her gentle temperament really hasn't changed at...

Juliana 2022-04-19 09:02:44

The first Griffith. Incredible oriental image worth delving into. The white man plays the role of a Chinese youth in a robe and a jacket but with a high nose and deep eyes, with squinting eyes, a hunched body all year round, and pure and holy love for the white girl. And the white girl is just like the little doll she is holding, she is a paper man——In every group there is one, weaker than the rest, the butt of uncouth wit or ill-temper. So the final discussion of the film is not love (here it...