As these silent projects have no sound, the story has to rely on visual narrative that is set up by the director. Unfortunately, the 34 year old D.W. Griffith is not successful in setting the scene in this short film. There is no sense of place in the opening scenes, neither are there any characters that you care about and what to follow on their journey through this film for the unfolding 11 minutes. The themes do not interest me at all, and he is obviously tailoring this project to a specific market, excluding other sections of the community in the process.
Nothing in it for me, and I still feel that he was extremely lucky to be paid to express himself in this way.
Nothing in it for me, and I still feel that he was extremely lucky to be paid to express himself in this way.