Griffith's melodrama

Amparo 2022-01-20 08:01:21

I don't know if it is for tragedy or what, the image of the hero and the heroine are very weak, walking squatted, the body state of the wind blowing immediately. Lilian Gish plays a poor and beautiful girl who has been abused by her father for a long time. Despite the exaggeration of her performance, I still feel pity, which is inseparable from her rich experience in stage performance. However, the male protagonist not only looks at the body is very unhealthy (full "smoke ghost"), but also looks like a patient mentally and psychologically. When Griffith used a few close-up shots to express his psychological emotions, he magnified the weird expression and became angry. , Joy, sadness and other emotions are all weird.

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Extended Reading
  • 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 sadness.

  • 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 walked with O-shaped legs.

Broken Blossoms quotes

  • Narrator: It is a tale of temple bells, sounding at sunset before the image of Buddha; it is a tale of love and lovers; it is a tale of tears.

  • Narrator: The Yellow Man holds a great dream to take the glorious message of peace to the barbarous Anglo-Saxons, sons of turmoil and strife.