D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All TimeOxford University Press, 15 янв. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 432 In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant, and yet highly controversial movie. By going back to the original archives, particularly the NAACP and D. W. Griffith Papers, Stokes explodes many of the myths surrounding The Birth of a Nation (1915). Yet the story that remains is fascinating: the longest American film of its time, Griffith's film incorporated many new features, including the first full musical score compiled for an American film. It was distributed and advertised by pioneering methods that would quickly become standard. Through the high prices charged for admission and the fact that it was shown, at first, only in "live" theaters with orchestral accompaniment, Birth played a major role in reconfiguring the American movie audience by attracting more middle-class patrons. But if the film was a milestone in the history of cinema, it was also undeniably racist. Stokes shows that the darker side of this classic movie has its origins in the racist ideas of Thomas Dixon, Jr. and Griffith's own Kentuckian background and earlier film career. The book reveals how, as the years went by, the campaign against the film became increasingly successful. In the 1920s, for example, the NAACP exploited the fact that the new Ku Klux Klan, which used Griffith's film as a recruiting and retention tool, was not just anti-black, but also anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish, as a way to mobilize new allies in opposition to the film. This crisply written book sheds light on both the film's racism and the aesthetic brilliance of Griffith's filmmaking. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the cinema. |
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... Playing the Race Card (2001), Linda Williams argued that in Birth Griffith succeeded in blending the appeal of the “Tom ... play did not translate for the most part into criticism of the film. In 1992, Janet Staiger compared debates over ...
... Playing the Race Card (2001), Linda Williams argued that in Birth Griffith succeeded in blending the appeal of the “Tom ... play did not translate for the most part into criticism of the film. In 1992, Janet Staiger compared debates over ...
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... play on which The Birth of a Nation was based. It emphasizes the point that Dixon was deliberately trying to create a new “master narrative” of Southern history that would challenge that to be found in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle ...
... play on which The Birth of a Nation was based. It emphasizes the point that Dixon was deliberately trying to create a new “master narrative” of Southern history that would challenge that to be found in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle ...
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... play quietly until the titles were over and then helped the opening sequences of the film to glide along—in the memory of one audience member—“on a flow of music that seemed to speak for the screen and to interpret every mood.”6 It is ...
... play quietly until the titles were over and then helped the opening sequences of the film to glide along—in the memory of one audience member—“on a flow of music that seemed to speak for the screen and to interpret every mood.”6 It is ...
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... play, Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. With the very different reception of the news of the assassination in the Stoneman household (“You are now the greatest power in America”) and by the Camerons (“Our best friend is gone. What ...
... play, Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. With the very different reception of the news of the assassination in the Stoneman household (“You are now the greatest power in America”) and by the Camerons (“Our best friend is gone. What ...
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... play The Clansman), invaded North Carolina from Tennessee in early April, stealing or destroying property in a score of western counties.4 When the war ended a few days later, the Shelby area was also obliged to deal with the economic ...
... play The Clansman), invaded North Carolina from Tennessee in early April, stealing or destroying property in a score of western counties.4 When the war ended a few days later, the Shelby area was also obliged to deal with the economic ...
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3 David Wark Griffith | 55 |
4 Making The Birth of a Nation | 81 |
5 Transforming the American Movie Audience | 111 |
6 Fighting a Vicious Film | 129 |
7 Griffiths View of History | 171 |
8 After Birth | 227 |
Conclusion | 277 |
Notes | 287 |
Bibliography | 373 |
Index | 395 |
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