I have just had the opportunity to see Erich Von Stroheim's masterpiece, GREED... and am utterly dumbfounded. I can hardly even collect my thoughts after witnessing such a great, flawless piece of cinema. If ever a film could educate man about the evils and hate that could stem from our obsession with riches, this is it. I have NEVER seen such raw human emotion and feeling in a silent film before this... never.
There are images that will grab you in this film... I know for a fact that the final 15 minutes will stay with me for the rest of my life... now how many films can do that?
Hopefully one day the rest of Von Stroheim's footage will be found, and we can watch GREED in it's entirety. Until then... we'll always have these two hours and 20 minutes of flawless cinema.
There are images that will grab you in this film... I know for a fact that the final 15 minutes will stay with me for the rest of my life... now how many films can do that?
Hopefully one day the rest of Von Stroheim's footage will be found, and we can watch GREED in it's entirety. Until then... we'll always have these two hours and 20 minutes of flawless cinema.