Even if you don't like silent films, you have to experience a D.W. Griffith film at some point in your life. His most well known works include The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages. This film, Way Down East, was only two and a half hours, short compared to these other two epics. He is a very opinionated director, Birth of a Nation is very racist [South viewpoint of the Civil War, also known as "The Clansman"] and this film is about a wealthy womanizer who takes advantage of a country girl.This film definitely makes the villain an over-the-top heartless person, a little unrealistic for me, but not impossible. He makes the leading lady extremely naive, almost to the point of being stupid. She passes out in the woods on a sheet of ice floating down stream... come on...
I have trouble really liking Griffith's films and saying they are worth watching again. Once was enough, and if you aren't into silent films (e.g. a VAST majority of people) then read the plot outlines of the other two I listed and pick one. If you watch it though Apple Quicktime you can easily watch these films at about 1.25x which is still easy to follow, read along to, and the music doesn't sound too much like a carnival. A good trick and makes them a little easier to follow when the pace is picked up (personally I don't get distracted and pay more attention as well).
Vote: 6/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011841/
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