Film for 2 May 2008

WAY DOWN EAST

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THE SCHEDULED FILM for Friday 2 May 2008 is the silent film classic, Way Down East (1920), by D. W. Griffith, often called the "father" of film grammar. Although Griffith was not the first to use intercutting, close-ups, parallel editing, continuity editing, and naturalistic acting, he was the first to do so for dramatic effect and artistic design.
    The film also allows an appreciation of one of the greatest silent film stars, Lillian Gish, as well as Richard Barthelmess, for a few years one of the most popular leading men.

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