From: Louis Proyect >
Let's be crystal-clear about something. The anti-Birth of a Nation movie would be as ambitious and as serious as D.W. Griffith's masterpiece. Although racist, it is one of the greatest films of the 20th century, so much so that James Agee defended it in the Nation Magazine--even to the point of denying its racism ^^^^^ CB: It's definitely a master's piece, anti-slave. You are a film critic. What are some of the elements of its mastery ? Not being an aficionado, it always looks kind of shabby to me. The form doesn't overcome the content. But I don't know what made it different from other films of the era, just don't know about the technical issues. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
