Victor SjöströmBesprekingen

Face with death, an asshole repents.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: D
Dialog: C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: C

GPA: 2.1/4½

A widowed mother is sent to a workhouse.

It's surprisingly well done for 1913, especially the acting. Movies about tragic social injustice are very much not my thing, but I've seen a lot worse from modern movies. It's not preachy, doesn't make villains of people. And it has the added bonus of possibly being a significant factor in the adoption of socialism in Sweden, which is pretty important for the world (albeit not so important for my enjoyment of the movie).

Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.1/4

A woman runs off with a man driven to theft by poverty.

It's operatic, in the way that people do grandly dramatic things for no explicable reason.

It's possibly the most dialog-heavy silent film I've seen. There's almost more reading than watching. And it's really awful dialog.

It's clearly projected at the wrong speed; it's like watching a movie in fast-forward.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: F
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: C minus

GPA: 1.8/4

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