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Tag: D.W. Griffith

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WITHIN OUR GATES

September 29, 2021May 12, 2022 Michael J. Casey

To criticize a movie, you have to make another movie. —Jean-Luc Godard It might be the most notorious climax in American cinema: A Black man terrorizes a white woman, a Black militia lays siege to a white family’s cabin, and … Continue reading WITHIN OUR GATES

Boulder Weekly

This week in Film — WITHIN OUR GATES

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Few films in the annals of American cinema have a longer shadow than D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent epic, The Birth of a Nation. Many filmmakers have made works in direct conversation with Birth, and one of the best is Oscar … Continue reading This week in Film — WITHIN OUR GATES

In Their Words

Born On This Day — January 22, 1875

January 22, 2014December 6, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I made them see, didn’t I? I changed everything. —D.W. Griffith Continue reading Born On This Day — January 22, 1875

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, January 24, 2013

January 24, 2013December 21, 2021 Michael J. Casey

What the modern movie lacks is beauty, the beauty of the moving wind in the trees. —D.W. Griffith Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, January 24, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, January 4, 2013

January 4, 2013December 21, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I have thought what a great invention it would be if someone could make a magic box in which we could store the precious moments of our lives and keep them with us, and later on, in dark hours, could … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, January 4, 2013

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