Superior Film! One of the Best!

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2006)

This is an amazing movie no matter how you look at it. Taken objectively, this art work is amazing history at its best. Only 50 years after the surrender of Robert E. Lee at the Appomattox Court House and only 40 odd years from the events that took place in Piedmont, South Carolina, this film is art and history combined in moving pictures for the very first time. A tidal wave of opinion from "politically correct" viewpoints are worthless overtures to a masterpiece such as this! Subjective minds blinded by irrational emotions have led to attempts at rewriting this history. "Birth of a Nation" has to be taken in the context of the times in which it was produced. Griffith even puts in disclaimers so the viewer can "suspend his disbelief" while viewing this film. One is encouraged and inclined to research the veracity of the work after viewing it. What one will discover is a truth so shattering as to awaken the unconscious from within. Many current historical writers are so preoccupied with rewriting past events that they, intentionally or otherwise, conceal many truths that do not fit into their neat little political agendas. Many of these truths are depicted eloquently on screen with this film. The events that take place here are relatively fresh in the minds of many in 1915 (less than 50 years after the fact) that we have to take seriously their historical significance as portrayed in this movie. Why should we take stock today in any revisionist thinking that is so far removed from the actual events and that is just simply a counter prejudice response to a story they don't like to see told? After all, the truth is the truth, otherwise why the hostile reactions to it? And if it is just fabricated fiction and a pack of lies based on a post history of the U.S. Civil War, then it is damn good storytelling!