The Birth of a Nation (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 3
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 22, 2011
- Originally Released: 1915
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Lillian Gish | |
| Directed by | D.W. Griffith | |
| Screenplay by | D.W. Griffith & Frank E. Woods |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Griffith's later films are unquestionably superior. But here, in a very real sense, is where the movies began, both as an art and as a business.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4/4 --
As a work of art, it is unforgettable; as a social document, it is unforgivable. Quality of Movie: 4 stars. Content of Movie: 1 star.
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Creative Loafing
Rating: 4/5 --
D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation is as much a part of film history as the Civil War is a part of American history.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 4/4 --
A film that deserves, no demands, to be acknowledged, if for no other reason than to come to terms with the racist history it represents.
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From the Front Row
Problematically, Birth of a Nation wasn't just a seminal commercial spectacle but also a decisively original work of art -- in effect, the founding work of cinematic realism, albeit a work that was developed to pass lies off as reality.
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New Yorker
Rating: 3/5 --
The Birth of a Nation has become a staple of any film studies course, for its excellent performances, thrilling action sequences and epic landscapes. However it's subject matter is much more controversial now.
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Empire Magazine
The civil war battle pictures, taken in panorama, represent enormous effort and achieve a striking degree of success.
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New York Times
Product Description:
Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthail. This epic story of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction is a landmark in American motion pictures. Directed by D.W. Griffith. Silent with original music score. 1915/b&w/3 hrs., 7 min/NR.
Keywords:
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Family Interaction
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Vintage
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War
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Period Piece
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Essential Cinema
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- UPC: 738329083526
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