In the meantime, The Outlaw And His Wife waits for rediscovery. This clip here showcases the uniqueness in Sjostrom's framing against landscapes and negative space. And God, what an ending!
Sjostrom was just as important as Griffith in the development of the early cinema and it's a shame that the romantic Griffith, although great, gets almost all the recognition. Sjostrom owes more to the careers of Erich von Stroheim and Josef von Sternberg, and by extension, Jean Renoir and Bernardo Bertolucci, than Griffith's would. And while I doubt Sjostrom directly influenced them, he certainly prefigured the metaphysical work of Andrei Tarkoskvy and Terrence Malick.
In the meantime, The Outlaw And His Wife waits for rediscovery. This clip here showcases the uniqueness in Sjostrom's framing against landscapes and negative space. And God, what an ending!
neilbahadur1 1 year ago
Sjostrom was just as important as Griffith in the development of the early cinema and it's a shame that the romantic Griffith, although great, gets almost all the recognition. Sjostrom owes more to the careers of Erich von Stroheim and Josef von Sternberg, and by extension, Jean Renoir and Bernardo Bertolucci, than Griffith's would. And while I doubt Sjostrom directly influenced them, he certainly prefigured the metaphysical work of Andrei Tarkoskvy and Terrence Malick.
neilbahadur1 1 year ago
Like A Man There Was before it and The Wind ten years later, Sjostrom continues to chronicle man's inability to conquer nature.
neilbahadur1 1 year ago