tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post8721706692998738442..comments2024-01-22T17:42:46.416+01:00Comments on Lolita's Classics: A contemporary view on The Birth of a Nation (1915)Lolita of the Classicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-76648304525396098232011-05-05T12:01:02.623+02:002011-05-05T12:01:02.623+02:00Eddie Lydecker:
Haha, what the...? I'll take t...Eddie Lydecker:<br />Haha, what the...? I'll take that as a compliment, although a quite original one. Give it your best shot, cutie.Lolita of the Classicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-69947775739602469602011-05-04T19:10:02.384+02:002011-05-04T19:10:02.384+02:00Lolita, i desperately want to bugger and sodomize ...Lolita, i desperately want to bugger and sodomize you, however i wouldn`t really want to fuck you because vaginal penetration seems so ludicrously out-moded in this day and age.eddie lydeckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-6905031900229020032011-03-20T11:02:06.743+01:002011-03-20T11:02:06.743+01:00Det fanns flera Maria Bergström! Och "tafatt ...Det fanns flera Maria Bergström! Och "tafatt 12-åring" är ju en relativ beskrivning som går att applicera på många av bilderna. Kan ju inte adda alla, hehe. Lotten Kalenius finner du bara en av dock ;)Lolita of the Classicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-83320100350185163162011-03-19T16:47:29.097+01:002011-03-19T16:47:29.097+01:00Har facebook (men är dock ingen inbiten användare ...Har facebook (men är dock ingen inbiten användare för stunden). Vad heter du, då? <br />Jag KAN ha fel men jag gissar på att eftersom du gillar Vladimir Nabokov och Some Like it Hot, så skriver du under pseudonym?<br />Jag heter Maria Bergström (kör också ibland med pseudonym i olika diverse forum ;) och jag ser ut som en liten tafatt 12-åring på mitt facebook-foto.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-54441055052692246192011-03-09T14:32:05.374+01:002011-03-09T14:32:05.374+01:00Mykal: You're hopeless, haha! I can only agree...Mykal: You're hopeless, haha! I can only agree with what you say, and you about sum up the discussions we had at school about the film. It would probably be close to forgotten if there weren't any interesting camera work.<br />I still love the film studies! I am currently taking an advanced course and am preparing for an assignment size bigger... Fun, but I'm a little anxious!<br /><br />Christopher: Word! Haha.<br /><br />Maria: Åhå, trevligt! Tack så mycket! :) Lägg till mig på Facebook om du har det, så kan vi utbyta asbergertendenser!Lolita of the Classicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-65819456348329389882011-03-09T05:05:03.718+01:002011-03-09T05:05:03.718+01:00Gillar din blogg. Är precis som du, genuint intres...Gillar din blogg. Är precis som du, genuint intresserad av klassisk film och historia (asperger-varning!). Blev förvånad när jag upptäckte att du är svensk.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-49121349691493740662011-03-08T08:35:19.921+01:002011-03-08T08:35:19.921+01:00If this film offends anyone then so should the fin...If this film offends anyone then so should the final 2 installments of the Planet Of The Apes movies!Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165402182512034384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-28163448889426762582011-03-07T15:21:15.334+01:002011-03-07T15:21:15.334+01:00Lolita: I did have a bit of a lecture voice going,...Lolita: I did have a bit of a lecture voice going, didn't I? I certainly remember you are a film student! I hope your studies are going well. Are you still loving it?<br /><br />I think that it does matter, though, how innovative Griffith was. In fact, I would argue that it is the only thing that matters. That is the part that remains timeless. The ugly racism in the film has, over time, become so universally acknowledged a wrong that it has become the opposite of timeless: it is now so "of a time" as to be unimportant as a lesson. Not forgivable, exactly, but no longer worthy as a point of criticism of Griffith or his work. Certainly, the scene where black members of congress have there barefoot on desks eating chicken, and similar scenes, are appalling when seen with our modern eyes - but their importance is strictly sociological - as a benchmark of the times. <br /> <br />His camera work, on the other hand, is still potent and meaningful today. <br /><br />Lord, I did it again, didn't I?Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-39943468979456531442011-03-07T13:48:31.374+01:002011-03-07T13:48:31.374+01:00Mykal:
I know the greatness if Birth of a Nation -...Mykal:<br />I know the greatness if Birth of a Nation - I'm a film student, remember? ;) Anyway, it doesn't matter how innovative Griffith was with the camera techniques, it's really hard to ignore how twisted this film is!<br /><br />Tim:<br />Sounds lovely! You should have a Birth of a Nation evening with the family, on the 149th anniversary of the Civil War and everything!Lolita of the Classicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596876234508882958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-61612193270075707252011-03-06T01:44:48.904+01:002011-03-06T01:44:48.904+01:00Well, what can you expect of a picture that the Pr...Well, what can you expect of a picture that the President of the United States (himself a Southerner) declared to be the equivalent of "Writing History with Lightning?" Well, it's certainly a shocking film to watch, and I've only watched it, I believe, twice, and so far have not deigned to see it on DVD, the only feature in my Kino Griffith Masterworks Collection that I have not yet seen. That same DVD includes seven Griffith shorts dealing with Civil War themes, several of which feature equally patronizing, if not so outwardly hostile, depictions of African American slaves (often set to the tune of the cloying traditional song "Old Black Joe.")Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700172349745798285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575280877085021446.post-70914167966477272002011-03-05T06:30:19.021+01:002011-03-05T06:30:19.021+01:00Attitudes about race certainly change over time, a...Attitudes about race certainly change over time, and certainly this film did not depict black Americans in a truthful light. yet, it is one of the most important films of all time. Griffith's camera moved, seeing things in a "cinematic" way. Simply by the way he used the camera regarding points of view, lighting, frame composition, etc. - film no longer simply recorded a stage play - the camera became, in Griffith's hands, an instrument of art. <br /><br />The language of film, and certainly the history of the American film industry, begins with D. W. Griffith. No film-maker has ever catapulted the art form forward as forcefully as he did. His contribution was a quantum leap no one since has managed.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.com