The Girl And Her Trust (1912) :
Brief Review -
The DW Griffith and his trust of Remaking his own film with his Brilliant Cinematic Innovations. The Girl And Her Trust has almost the same story as Griffith's 1911 short 'The Lonedale Operator' and despite the unexciting storyline (of course because we had already seen it one year before) he still manages to fetch a brilliant remake with several pathbreaking cinematic achievements. What we see in the film is, two tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured. The first question hit my head was, how did they shoot those chase sequences? Answer is, Fast moving camera in pacy motion might have been invented here. Two, how did Griffith had those cut got so clean? Because he was genius of course. From the writing point of view The Girl And Her Trust was a passionate story to tell. When we always thought that only Male Actors can be the Heroic guy in the film, Griffith shown a beautiful woman risking her life for the trust. Enthralling yet thought-changing material. Dorothy Bernard looks so pretty, that scene when the man kisses her unbeknownst, and a moment later she Blushes! I was half-dead then. How she blushed and how cameraman got that frame from so perfectly, just WOW. Next, we are into the pacy chase segment where little bit of adventure gets all the attention with pathbreaking visuals. DW Griffith is known as the inventor of Advanced Motion Picture and Magnificent Cinematic Proportions and believe me this film plays one of the most important part in forming his legacy. Overall, a phenomenal film for its time and highly influential.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest
The DW Griffith and his trust of Remaking his own film with his Brilliant Cinematic Innovations. The Girl And Her Trust has almost the same story as Griffith's 1911 short 'The Lonedale Operator' and despite the unexciting storyline (of course because we had already seen it one year before) he still manages to fetch a brilliant remake with several pathbreaking cinematic achievements. What we see in the film is, two tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured. The first question hit my head was, how did they shoot those chase sequences? Answer is, Fast moving camera in pacy motion might have been invented here. Two, how did Griffith had those cut got so clean? Because he was genius of course. From the writing point of view The Girl And Her Trust was a passionate story to tell. When we always thought that only Male Actors can be the Heroic guy in the film, Griffith shown a beautiful woman risking her life for the trust. Enthralling yet thought-changing material. Dorothy Bernard looks so pretty, that scene when the man kisses her unbeknownst, and a moment later she Blushes! I was half-dead then. How she blushed and how cameraman got that frame from so perfectly, just WOW. Next, we are into the pacy chase segment where little bit of adventure gets all the attention with pathbreaking visuals. DW Griffith is known as the inventor of Advanced Motion Picture and Magnificent Cinematic Proportions and believe me this film plays one of the most important part in forming his legacy. Overall, a phenomenal film for its time and highly influential.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest