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A.k.a.
Broken Blossoms
Year
1919
Runtime
90 min.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Genres
Drama, Romance
Rating *
7.3
Votes *
7,202
Checks
3,590
Favs
216
Dislikes
49
Favs/checks
6.0% (1:17)
Favs/dislikes
4:1
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  1. Marazmatique's avatar

    Marazmatique

    A white man playing an asian by squinting his eyes looks even more ridiculous than blackface, somehow... 11 years 6 months ago
  2. TheMajor's avatar

    TheMajor

    Nearly perfect acting. A tragic and emotional masterpiece.

    To appreciate this movie, the viewer should be familiar with silent movies other than Chaplin or Keaton and consider the period in which this was made.

    Some of the best acting performances I have seen in any picture from any era. The editing and Billy Bitzer's camerawork are very good as well.

    A must-see for lovers of true sadness. This is how tragedy and emotions should be transferred to celluloid.

    Don't watch it on archive.org, its quality is poor and it does not have a musical score, instead get the DVD released by KINO.com
    13 years 8 months ago
  3. spacew0man's avatar

    spacew0man

    Great portrayal of emotion and despair, awful portrayal of race. Like, I wonder if Mickey Rooney got the idea to squint from this movie. 8 years 4 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #1 in Akira Kurosawa's A Dream Is a Genius
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  2. This movie ranks #6 in IMDb's 1910s Top 50
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  3. This movie ranks #6 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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  4. This movie ranks #8 in iCheckMovies's 1910s Top 100
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  5. This movie ranks #13 in David Thomson's Have You Seen?
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  6. This movie ranks #21 in Silent Era's The Top 300 Silent Era Films
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  7. This movie ranks #22 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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  8. This movie ranks #36 in Paul Rotha's Silent but Not Forgotten
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  9. This movie ranks #42 in Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films
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  10. This movie ranks #82 in A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese
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  11. This movie ranks #96 in Roger Ebert's Great Movies
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  12. This movie ranks #183 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
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  13. This movie ranks #334 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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