Perhaps the Greatest Film Ever Made

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2000)

D.W. Griffith is rightfully honored as probably the greatest director of all time for this film, which was the first real American "epic." Based on the play "The Klansman," the film details the Civil War and Reconstruction eras of American history. The film is extremely involving and compelling, and must rank as one of the greatest ever made. Griffith's following film, INTOLERANCE, topped this one for sheer spectacle, but THE BIRTH OF A NATION remains his artistic triumph.