"The Birth of a Nation is not a bad film because it argues for evil. Like Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, it is a great film that argues for evil. To understand how it does so is to learn a great deal about film, and even something about evil." said Roger Ebert once.
The sanghi propaganda films we are getting so far are all badly made films arguing for evil. Has been opportunists trying to jumpstart their careers and make some money in this hate wave.
What I'm saying is, the best made evil films are yet to come from Bollywood. 😳😳
What I'm saying is, the best made evil films are yet to come from Bollywood. 😳😳
Btw, D.W.Griffith remained indignantly unapologetic about his film though it revived and influenced the KKK, right down to their most visible stunt. The original Klan didn't burn crosses. The movie showed it. And then the Klan started burning crosses.
But DWG denied being racist
But DWG denied being racist
Imagine that. The thing of burning crosses on someone's yard came from his own movie but DWG to the end was like, nope, I'm not a racist, my movie was just a movie, I didn't do anything, you all are Intolerant! Even made a movie to follow up called Intolerance as a rebuttal.
I first watched Birth of a Nation many many years ago in my early teens, when I knew next to nothing about American history. I remember loving the longass movie. It was no different than Star Wars or Chandrakanta or Seven Samurai for me as a kid in India.
Terrifying, right?
Terrifying, right?
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