Intolerance [videorecording] / Cohen Media Group presents a new 2k restoration of a film by D.W. Griffith "Intolerance" from Cohen Film Collection ; written and directed by D.W. Griffith
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
DVD ed.
Publisher:
Cohen Media Group ;
Copyright Date:
2013, c1916
Description:
2 videodiscs (168 min) : b&w, sil., sd. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : ill.).
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1916. Special features: two full features The fall of Babylon and Mother and the law, accompanied by new scores by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; 2013 bonus featurette with historian Kevin Brownlow; new essays by Cineaste editor Richard Porton and historian William M. Drew; Theatrical re-release trailer.
Summary:
In this cinematic milestone, director D.W. Griffith utilized enormous sets and thousands of extras in order to stage his cinematic exploration of intolerance and it's terrible effects throughout history from ancient Babylon and biblical Judea to medieval Paris and modern America.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.