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Broken Blossoms 1919
Broken Blossoms, subtitled "The Yellow Man and the Girl" is a poetic love tale about an opium addicted man from Chinese descent and a british young lady. Her sadistical abusing father (a boxer), the third major component, is harshly opposed against this romantic affair. The story slowly evolves to its dramatic finish as the girl silently embraces the tender care of the peace loving Buddhist. D.W. Griffith directed this story partially as a reaction of his most critized and admired "Birth of a Nation", the movie glorifying the Ku Klux Klan, Broken Blossoms is an anti racial picture, showing a love affair between the races, a small shock to the audiences in the early days of the twentieth century. The theatrical, at times claustrofobic, appearance of the movie is brought about by the small sets he used, a sharp contrast to his other movies. The themes of bigotry and vindictive murder were later adapted by Fellini in his epic drama "La Strada" (1954), using the same three roles. D.W. Griffith directive genius is still apparent in the drama productions of today. He is one of the most significant filmmakers in the history of cinema. The film was originally presented with color tinting and a musical score composed by Griffith, both of which may vary in different video and film versions.
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producer | Griffith, D.W. | screenwriter | Griffith, D.W. |
| musicscore | Griffith, D.W. |
duration | 111 |
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color | No |
sound | No |
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genre | drama |
country | USA |
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