Great movie. I had it in a history of film class in college. The pretentious instructor got himself in a fine lather at how we were supposed to view this offensive movie. It was nice to have an easy a class instead of calc or physics for a change. That’s how the liberal arts students lived.
As for offensive, I only remember one scene where they did a fade from showing the white legislators in the Capitol to the black ones who were shown eating chicken when they faded to them. I don’t remember anything else offensive but I saw it almost 30 years ago. Yes, it was offensive seen in my, at the time, 1981’s eye but it was from 1915. So it’s hard to judge since we didn’t live at that time.
Worth watching again.
Man, I do remember how much I hated the teacher though. He couldn’t handle me finishing his final in the time it took me to read it. Man I hate liberal d-bag teachers. Still got an a. If I told him what I really thought of, “Citizen Kane” (overrated) I’m sure he would have dinged me.
Don’t feel too bad.
I have a BIL that is not only a frothing libtard, he’s the Dean of a college (will remain unnamed) that makes me want to go “Marine Corps” on his worthless ass each and every time that I see him.
The things we have to endure to keep Mama happy.
One thing for sure, Lillian Gish was cute, If only she wasn’t born nearly 120 years ago. At my age I would only want her to be at least 60 years younger, others might want it 100 years younger.
Griffith sure did not like Thaddeus Stevens (Stoneman). I didn’t realize that Wilson had made such a full throated endorsement of the KKK, against the Republican ‘Adventurers’. Apparently ‘extremists’ had not yet become a political term.