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Film · 1916 · Silent
Intolerance
Directed by D. W. Griffith
1916
★ 6.6 editorial score
Nothing in 1916 looked remotely like this: Griffith cuts between four eras at once, and his Babylon set was so enormous it was left standing in Hollywood for years afterward.
“[With] "Intolerance," Griffith confronted criticism head-on as only an artist intoxicated by his chosen medium could: with bolder filmmaking, bigger stories and, of course, giant elephant statues and throngs of Babylonian dancers...Four tales across history are told in dizzying and masterly alternation, all linked by the broad themes of intolerance and hatred.”
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