I have to wonder about this because two film giants thought enough about the production to understand its historical iportance as the first motion picture filming of life battle sequences. That fact alone might have by itself convinced Griffith of the pictures importance to posterity. Historically speaking this film would have been at least as important as 'Birth of a Nation,' a picture so controversial that I'm honestly surprised it didn't get purposefully destroyed. There remains hope at least vestiges of this picture survive in some obscure archive but whether the remains can be salvaged is another story.
Review of The Life of General Villa
