Raoul Walsh, 1924. Fairbanks’ physicality is off-the-charts.
Tag: film
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La Roue
Abel Gance, 1923. It took me two months to watch this 4.5 hour film. Gance uses the camera as an instrument and the result is full of innovation. Yet you could shave an hour off this film and I don’t think anything would be lost. The last hour is the most rewarding, as old man Sisif finally finds contentment high in the mountains.
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Within Our Gates
Oscar Micheaux, 1920. Micheaux, the first black director of feature films, made a film many consider his response to “The Birth of a Nation”. The film cuts away during this graphic rape scene only to show us the simultaneous lyching of the victim’s innocent family. No punches pulled.
