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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
directed by D. ... After overcoming his own initial skepticism about the cultural and artistic importance of cinema, he proceeded to alter the nation’s, and indeed the world’s, view of the movies as well. ...
Birth of a Nation puts Griffith’s finest filmmaking skills on full display, side-by-side with the glaring inaccuracies of his worldview that forced later film scholars to always put qualifiers around summaries of his work—to often separate the form from the content. ... "
The Birth of a Nation gives interesting insight into the nature of American cultural conflicts near the start of the century. ... " Birth of a Nation was not only an artistic success but an unqualified economic one as well, proving that movies of substantial length and quality would bring in audiences. ... Birth of a Nation, however, was the more successful picture financially and, consequently, was the movie that set the rules for narrative filmmaking.
Approximate Word count = 2540
Approximate Pages = 10.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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