Hearts of the World  irector
D.W.Griffith is best known for 'Birth of a Nation' and 'Intolerance': his 1918
World War One epic 'Hearts of the World' is rarely seen: last week
the London Film Festival at the National Film Theatre presented the first UK
screening of a newly restored print with tinting and the original intertitles.
Like most restorations, it comes from several sources and the print quality is
variable, but the best sections are impressive - very sharp and clear and hardly
marked with the passage of almost 90
years.The film was originally intended as propaganda to bring the USA into the War (though by the time of its release the USA was in anyway): in the end it is a love story mixed with anti-war (and of course strong anti-German) propaganda. It was claimed that much of the film was shot at the front in France, but in fact only occasional establishing shots of troop movements and guns firing are genuine, and the actors were (wisely) kept well away from the conflict. Read more... Posted: Mon - November 6, 2006 at 08:32 AM by Roger Wilmut |
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