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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Black and white ages
Melodramatic and beautiful story for the contrast position of Evil and Good in life, for innocence and brutality. it's really heart touching and affecting of feelings. The characters are clear and have strong expression of faces and gestures, as in all early silent movie from this century. Griffit wants to go deep inside the heart of the man who watch, and show him the reality as it is, bringing out to light the beauty of the White blossom of innocence. This blossom is kept inside the poor girl, who wanted to escape from her tyrannic father, and also in the heart of the young Yellow man from China, who traveled away from his country just to bring peace on earth. They are like one heart divided on two persons. They are the face of serenity, beauty and peace, symbol of the eternal good. The father, who return into brutal killer represents the hidden Evil in days and ages of misery. He is shown with the real face of monster ,who never stop to drink and beat his only daughter. His has no purpose in life, than boxing and brutality against everyone. The dead of the pure "white blossom" girl, brings tears in eyes, because it's so real, even in dramatic way, it represents the high reality. All movie is in scenes, with little like theater decor and black and white views look like moving photography. That's the charm and sense of the old cinema of 20s.
Cairo Time (2009)
Beautiful views and love
It's interesting how Canada turns its attention to so far destination like Egypt, specially city as Cairo, which was rarely have been attractive pint for foreign movies production. The culture of Cairo is a bit closed, but in the Global communication times become more open to the world trends and more recognizable. The movie has a foreign point of view : of the woman, who come to Cairo, searching for her husband. She feel amazed from the ordinary life in Cairo, specially the "street life"; For her this city means something exotic and extraordinary, out of the rules, and little out of the world which she knows. In this way she feels happy, also knowing a young man from Cairo (friend of her husband), who support her is sight seeing and discovering the taste of Cairo life. The scenes are made in soft light, slow action and feelings of the social surrounding. The woman wants to escape in the charm of the city, she dive into the unknown emotions of new love, fascinating from views of the town. My favorite scene is at hotel, she is going to her room, alone, opening her window and enjoying the incredible view of Cairo in light, sounds, and prayers. It contains strong reality, even in documentary way. It's very original and special point of view to the ancient-modern Cairo, and to the foreign sense to it.