Griffith, he naturally and almost subconsciously was able to make this happen without knowing for the most part what he was doing. ... The eye therefore subconsciously recognizes this cinematic rhythm and in turn is pleased by it. ... Thus Griffith ties 4 or 5 different locations in the same amount of different frames into one justified set of actions that easily makes sense to the viewer subconsciously, but complexly. ... Keeping in mind that the eye will eventually get bored of the same shot, or same characters posed in the same position, the director must add something else. ...

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The post war years rendered difficult for Italians, whose society took a big hit as Mussolini's government collapsed. After years of dominating the industry through producing "white telephone " films, film critics began to harshly criticize its attempts to imitate American film and suggested that th...

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