The Crowd (Vidor, 1928): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 3.30pm
This 35mm presentation includes an introduction by Bryony Dixon, BFI National Archive Curator.
Chicago Reader review:
King Vidor’s 1928 classic, with James Murray as the “average man” picked
out of the crowd by Vidor’s gliding camera. In his autobiography, Vidor
claims he sold the project to Irving Thalberg as a sequel to his hit
war film, The Big Parade: “Life is like a battle, isn’t it?”
Accordingly, the misfortunes that befall Murray are hardly average, but
the melodramatic elements are integral to Vidor’s vision of individual
struggle. The camera style owes something to Murnau, but the sense of
space—the vast environments that define and attack his protagonists—is
Vidor’s own.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is an extract.
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