Broken Blossoms (1919)
Cheng Huan is a missionary whose goal is to bring the teachings of peace by Buddha to the civilized Anglo-Saxons... (imdb)
AKA: Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Country: USA
Directed By: D.W. Griffith
Written By: D.W. Griffith, Thomas Burke
Starring: Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Richard Barthelmess, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., George Beranger
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This one is better suited to the historians. It's essentially theater with literary (and unintendedly racist) commentary.
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eh meh. izlenir. millet 2020'de bok gibi filmler çekiyor yani. hayli hayli izlenir
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I wanted it to transcend its limitations but just about every level of it creeped me out; forget, if you can, the weird racial stuff, and notice how we're supposed to like this "Yellow Man" because he didn't fuck that 16-year-old (she's 12 in the book) while she was recuperating from being beaten by her father. AND THEN I PULLED OUT MY GUUUUUN.
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| Dec 02, 2019 | Toke Za | 80 84% |
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NathanBates | 60 35% |
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This melodrama hasn't really aged well; it's too trivial to see all sorts of stereotypes in the classism and racism this rather bland romance presents. From a cinematographic perspective, though, there are some interesting bits (the sets were impressive).
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The last 40 years have aged D.W. Griffith's BROKEN BLOSSOMS more terribly than the sixty years prior ever did. Apart from some establishing shots that are still moody and gorgeous to this day, the one scene that still has real power is the outright horror sequence in which Gish, trapped in a closet, practically looses her mind as Crisp chops the door down with an axe. Her actual death scene is still pure Grand Opera.
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Darren | 85 81% |
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That white guy hit the opium den so hard he turned asian.
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Fuentissimo | 28 18% |
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| Jul 08, 2016 | rojatume | 36 1% |
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Lucy is excellent, but Cheng Huan is very slimy and unlikable, and Battling Burrows is WAY too comical for me to take him seriously. On top of that, the title cards are very on the nose and unnecessary, and too little time is spent on the relationship between Cheng Huan and Lucy. Luckily, it feels very quick.
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| Jul 04, 2016 | Col_Needham | 50 9% |
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damfino | 87 99% |
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| May 30, 2016 | Stricken157 | 25 5% |
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| May 29, 2016 | rocinantes | 73 18% |
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kNwsVXgzm | 6 46% |
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the only thing offensive about this movie is it's pacing/editing, up until the last 15 minutes. I think you can only expect a certain level of forward-thinking in respect to racism from a guy in 1919, it was an honest effort.
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Kublai Khan | 28 27% |
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FrancoZero | 15 78% |
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kk3thess | 70 62% |
| Dec 28, 2015 |  |
monclivie | 35 5% |
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Oh god, a bad case of a movie desperately trying to be profound while characters are as one-dimensional as possible, New Yorker with baked face is playing Asian and these fucking intertitles are like some poetry wirtten by 13-y.o. in love.
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Extremely heavy-handed to the point that I can't play along or get invested. Acting is mostly quite terrible but the actors haven't got much to work with as the characters are one-dimensional, stupid and stereotypical. The film is also tainted by racism and a condescending tone throughout. The ending and cinematography makes up for quite a bit of it, but overall this was pretty disappointing.
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| Jun 01, 2014 | themagician | 80 77% |
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Griffith finally catches up with the advances in lighting, editing, and closeups in recent years, and uses them to establish a poetic tone, especially in the slow, shadowy middle and its transition to the disturbing, violent end. However, all this is undermined by a barrage of ludicrous bathos: the "dowry" under the brick, the "forced smile", "Chinky", the entirety of Donald Crisp's performance, etc.
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| Apr 11, 2014 | dijivehav | 98 0% |
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Barraoc | 60 38% |
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Watched for pure entertainment, rather than historic, value I'd say this is lacking. I'm pretty sure a Chinese actor could have played the Chinese character at least as well as Barthelmess. And what's with the smattering of gems like "What makes you so good to me, Chinky?" A somewhat bad taste left in mouth.
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| Feb 25, 2014 | arzinger | 70 64% |
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The Pirate | 65 24% |
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With such racist overtones, horrible inconsistencies, and a severely depressing melodramatic conclusion, how can I possibly say I enjoyed this movie? It's worth watching, if for no other reason than its significance in the development of film techniques. Parts of it reminded me of Commedia dell'arte, in that each character is flat and serves only one purpose.
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Mulholland | 50 26% |
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| Dec 29, 2013 | pitn | 84 35% |
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maborosi | 78 75% |
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lisa- | 3 30% |
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a sweet (and then despairing) little film that tries to preach peace and racial tolerance, which is kind of interesting given griffith's reputation. the portrayal of asians here (and women for that matter) is condescending, with endearing casual references to 'the chinks'.
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| Dec 08, 2013 |  |
gwynplaine | 90 84% |
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Griffith allows the lovers dignity that a lesser filmmaker may not have afforded them with a conclusion that is powerfully moving, and hauntingly beautiful. "Intolerance" is the director's greatest achievement, but "Broken Blossoms" is his most emotional masterpiece, and after 94 years, it still packs a wallop.
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| Sep 02, 2013 |  |
GrimsChild | 30 15% |
| Sep 01, 2013 | m4th3u5 | 90 76% |
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fakesenator | 90 88% |
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minako017 | 70 33% |
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bernardobrum | 90 85% |
| Jun 27, 2013 | mallamp | 90 90% |
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| May 07, 2013 | jjackson80 | 82 91% |
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fabiovisnadi | 85 62% |
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filmaddict | 78 82% |
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Amadeus | 68 33% |
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I prefer "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" to that.
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| Jan 31, 2013 | finney28 | 60 43% |
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