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TonightPresentsThe Epic That Changed the Face of the Film MediumTHE BIRTH OF A NATION(1915)Directed by D.W GriffithWith Lillian Gish. Mae Marsh, Henry B Walthall, andMiriam CooperThe most beautiful single shot I hat e seen in anv movie is the battle charge in TUT HIRTU OF I \ I TIO\ There are mans others in that one film: the homecoming of the defeated hero: the ride of the Clansmen, the rapist and his victim among the dark leaves: a glimpse of a tear hospital: dead voting soldiers alter battle: the dark, slou movement of the I ition trms anas from the camera ... (BIRTH 01 4\ill()\) is etpial with Brady's photographs. Lincolns speeches. U hitman s poems ... it is equal, in fact, to the best uork that has been done in this , ountry hid among moving pictures it is alone, not necessarily as the greatest whatever that means but as the one great epic, tragic filmJainrx \e«t\ I gee on FilmJESTER AUDITORIUM SI 7 9:15
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 04, 1975
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