Broken Blossoms (1919) Kino, (Silent Tinted B & W)Director: D.W. GriffithD. W. Griffith reached a pinnacle of expressiveness in this tender yet tragic tale of love and suffering in the seedy Limehouse district of London.Richard Barthelmess gives a sensitive portrayal of a Chinese man who travels to England to spread the pacifist teachings of the Orient, but it is Lillian Gish who illuminates the screen. In this, the most heart-rending performance of her career, she plays a fifteen-year-old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by the torment and neglect of her abusive father (Donald Crisp), she collapses in the shop of the lonely and disillusioned yellow man. As he tenderly nurses her back to health, an unspoken romance flowers between them, awakening in each of them feelings of love they thought themselves forever denied.In some ways, Broken Blossoms was Griffith's response to critics of The Birth Of A Nation, an effort to clear himself of lingering charges of racism. However, cinematic convention forbade physical intimacy between the two races. With this in mind, Griffith took what might have been a bold interracial romance and turned it into something more ethereal, a form of cinematic poetry that engages the viewer through subtle gestures and changes of expression, meticulously choreographed and gracefully assembled.Featuring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. This exclusive Kino on Video edition was digitally remastered from a 35mm print at the correct projection speed, with color tints and a new score by Joseph Turrin, recorded in digital stereo. Unlike Griffiths more extravagant earlier works like The Birth of a Nation or Intolerance, Broken Blossoms is a small scale film that uses controlled studio environments to create a more intimate effect.Griffith was known for his willingness to collaborate with his actors and on many occasions join them in research outings.The visual style of Broken Blossoms emphasises the seedy Limehouse streets with their dark shadows, drug addicts and drunkards, contrasting them with the beauty of Cheng and Lucys innocent attachment as expressed by Chengs decorative apartment. Conversely, the Burrows' bare cell reeks of oppression and hostility. Film critic and historian Richard Schickel goes so far as to credit this gritty realism with inspiring the likes of Pabst, Stiller, von Sternberg, and others, and then re emerging in the United States in the sound era, in the genre identified as Film Noir.Griffith was unsure of his final product and took several months to complete the editing saying I cant look at the damn thing; it depresses me so.Media Info:GeneralComplete name : J:\Seeding\Broken Blossoms (1919)[DVDRip][big_dad_e]\Broken Blossoms (1919)[DVDRip][big_dad_e].aviFormat : AVIFormat/Info : Audio Video InterleaveFile size : 855 MiBDuration : 1h 29mnOverall bit rate : 1 338 KbpsVideoID : 0Format : MPEG-4 VisualFormat profile : Simple@L1Format settings, BVOP : NoFormat settings, QPel : NoFormat settings, GMC : No warppointsFormat settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)Codec ID : DIVXCodec ID/Info : Project MayoCodec ID/Hint : DivX 4Duration : 1h 29mnBit rate : 1 196 KbpsWidth : 720 pixelsHeight : 480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio : 4:3Frame rate : 29.970 fpsStandard : NTSCColor space : YUVChroma subsampling : 4:2:0Bit depth : 8 bitsScan type : ProgressiveBits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.115Stream size : 764 MiB (89%)Writing library : avc2.0.11.1110AudioID : 1Format : MPEG AudioFormat version : Version 1Format profile : Layer 3Mode : Joint stereoMode extension : MS StereoCodec ID : 55Codec ID/Hint : MP3Duration : 1h 29mnBit rate mode : ConstantBit rate : 128 KbpsChannel(s) : 2 channelsSampling rate : 48.0 KHzStream size : 81.8 MiB (10%)Alignment : Aligned on interleavesInterleave, duration : 24 ms (0.72 video frame)File Scan:Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46www.malwarebytes.orgDatabase version: 5102Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.1870211/12/2010 8:54:13 PMmbam-log-2010-11-12 (20-54-13).txtScan type: Quick scanObjects scanned: 6Time elapsed: 12 second(s)Memory Processes Infected: 0Memory Modules Infected: 0Registry Keys Infected: 0Registry Values Infected: 0Registry Data Items Infected: 0Folders Infected: 0Files Infected: 0Memory Processes Infected:(No malicious items detected)Memory Modules Infected:(No malicious items detected)Registry Keys Infected:(No malicious items detected)Registry Values Infected:(No malicious items detected)Registry Data Items Infected:(No malicious items detected)Folders Infected:(No malicious items detected)Files Infected:(No malicious items detected)ALWAYS SEED & THANKS SEEDERS!