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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0014381567120 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 05, 2005 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1919 Editorial Review: Description: Satan attempts to win God's favor but is doomed to cheerless participation in dark episodes of human history: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French revolution, and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Dull and over-reachingThis is one of those quintessential anti-recommendations for people interested in silent cinema, since it displays a lot of the old stereotypes about things such as overacting, a boring storyline, and a camera that isn't very fluid. Though it was shot in 1919 (and released in 1921), it already appears like a relic from a decade earlier. Another problem is how chatty it is; there are some silents with a lot of intertitles that do work, but this sure isn't one of them. The appeal of the silent drama ... Read More Rating:  - Leaves From Satan's BookMotion pictures were in their infancy in the first decade of the 20th century. Movie theaters hadn't yet replaced nickelodeons, the average `movie' lasted less than 15 minutes, and the people who appeared on-screen were called `posers.' Not all that surprising since the machines - the motion picture camera and the movie projector - were the marvels to wonder at. For a brief while there people didn't act in movies, they `posed.' That little factoid was buried deep in the back of my gee ... Read More Rating:  - Towering film!At the age of 31, Carl Dryer undertakes the realization of this film, a kind of European answer to David Griffith's Intolerance . He chooses four examples of fanaticism that as you know have always characterized the history of the mankind. But on the contrary of the Californian film maker, Dryer limits to tell these tales one by one, without intending, in any moment, to break the continuity through the parallel set up. The play divides, therefore, in four perfectly differentiated parts. What it ties them ... Read More Rating: - Early Dreyer Is Interesting But Heavy Handed.Carl Theodor Dreyer remains one of the world's most interesting filmmakers. He, Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz Stiller were the first to explore the Scandinavian psyche in the early days of silent film. He was the most introspective of the three as PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, DAY OF WRATH, and GERTRUD clearly demonstrate. Among the things that characterize Dreyer's cinematic style are languid pacing, interesting camerawork, and intense but relatively restrained performances from his actors. I was therefore ... Read More Rating:  - The Scandinavian "Intolerance" by Denmark's D W GriffithAfter D W Griffith made "Intolerance" in 1916, weaving together four main periods of history with a common theme, Denmark's leading director, Carl Theodor Dreyer, was inspired to make a similar dramatic film, and considering that "Leaves from Satan's Book" was only his second film, it was a splendid achievement. Unlike "Intolerance", Dreyer tells each historic episode from beginning to end, probably making it less confusing and easier watching for many viewers. Dreyer's common theme is betrayal, and the focus is ... Read More |
