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简介：Inthisacclaimedthree-partdocumentary,celebratedfilmhistoriansKevinBrownlowandDavidGill(UNKNOWNCHAPLIN;BUSTERKEATON:AHARDACTTOFOLLOW)telltheproud,sadstoryofD.W.Griffith(1875-1948):themanwhofirstbroughtartistryandambitiontothemovies,andthen,havingdraggedareluctantAmericanfilmindustrytointernationalprominence,foundithadnomoreuseforhim.Judiciouslychosenfilmclipsillustrateexactlyhow,withinsevenyearsofgoingtoworkfortheBiographStudiosin1908,Griffithpainstakinglyrefinedcameraandactingtechniques;howtrialanderrorledhimtocreateagrammarthatwasthecinema’sown;andhow,in1915,hepresentedthefully-fledgedfilmmasterworkTHEBIRTHOFANATION.Griffithstrovetooutdohimselfinskill,spectacleandsoaringambition,andBrownlowandGillilluminatethesuccessesthathighlightedhiscareer:INTOLERANCE,BROKENBLOSSOMS,WAYDOWNEASTandORPHANSOFTHESTORM.AwealthofbackgrounddetailisprovidedbyvividaccountsofGriffithatwork(fromLillianGish,BlancheSweet,KarlBrown,StanleyCortez,amongothers),andbyacomprehensiveaccountofthegreatcontroversysparkedbyTHEBIRTHOFANATION.…