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
“I made them see, didn’t I? I changed everything.” –D.W. Griffith Continue reading Born On This Day – January 22, 1875
“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
“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 open this box and receive for at least a few moments, a breath of its stored memory.” -D.W. Griffith Continue reading In Their Words – Friday, January 4, 2013
