"It is a tale of temple bells, sounding at sunset before the image of Buddah; it is a tale of love and lovers; it is a tale of tears." Broken Blossoms is not a movie that you will see me recommending to all my friends and family. The entire beginning of this movie left you hanging with not being able to understand what is happening and hard to understand. During the beginning of the movie there are different time flips such as something happens some amount of years ago, then the present time, making it a little bit confusing.
Filmed in the early 1900's the editing of this movie were more then likely as high end as it can be. Broken Blossoms has different angle shots, many scenes, and a longer run time of 90 minutes. The only editing technique that I believe the film makers over used was the telescope focusing on people, and activities. Instead of giving notes on what the actors are saying to one another, the watchers are given poetic snippets of what is happening within the film, making some scenes a little more difficult to understand. Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess, the main actors in the film were not as talented as I would have hoped. A majority of them and other actors did not give the good affect of fear or love, but their faces ended up looking distorted and corny.
During the middle of the film when you are in better understand of what is going on, you can imagine how the ending will turn out. All in all Broken Blossoms is a moderate film, not intensely horrible to watch yet bearable. The ending wasn't one of a happy sense, but one of gloom showing us that not all stories end in happiness like we would hope.
Filmed in the early 1900's the editing of this movie were more then likely as high end as it can be. Broken Blossoms has different angle shots, many scenes, and a longer run time of 90 minutes. The only editing technique that I believe the film makers over used was the telescope focusing on people, and activities. Instead of giving notes on what the actors are saying to one another, the watchers are given poetic snippets of what is happening within the film, making some scenes a little more difficult to understand. Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess, the main actors in the film were not as talented as I would have hoped. A majority of them and other actors did not give the good affect of fear or love, but their faces ended up looking distorted and corny.
During the middle of the film when you are in better understand of what is going on, you can imagine how the ending will turn out. All in all Broken Blossoms is a moderate film, not intensely horrible to watch yet bearable. The ending wasn't one of a happy sense, but one of gloom showing us that not all stories end in happiness like we would hope.