tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post8973139759470600789..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Broken Blossoms (1919)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-90506240059550198222015-08-10T23:55:06.989-07:002015-08-10T23:55:06.989-07:00I was surprised that the director of 'The Birt...I was surprised that the director of 'The Birth of a Nation' could film a story like this only five years later: you are right on with the dispensed bigotry and self-righteousnes. <br />I find it hard to like silent film melodrama (or melodrama in general), but I can see the significance of this film. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-29215828676065066962015-08-10T23:46:33.579-07:002015-08-10T23:46:33.579-07:00To me this is by far the best of Griffith film. Co...To me this is by far the best of Griffith film. Compared to his other movies melodrama is here on a low burner and he is also dispensing with the self-rightiousness and bigotry of his other filmsTSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com