Birth of a Nation: D.W. Griffith, Director

by Robert Lang

Book Overview

The Birth of a Nation (1915) remains the most controversial American film ever made, and its director, D. W. Griffith, one of the most extraordinary figures in film history. It was the first true feature film and did more than any other to launch Hollywood both as an industry and as an idea. The film consolidated a trend in cinematic technique and an approach to dramatic narrative that define American cinema to this day. As a great but ideologically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813520274
• ISBN13: 9780813520278
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Script After The Fact

Dr. Robert Lang takes David Wark Griffith's un-scripted film (The Birth Of A Nation) and breaks it down shot by shot.