The Struggle
Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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D.W. Griffith's last film (1931) was unquestionably dated when it was released at the height of the Depression, both as an antidrinking polemic--probably fueled in part by Griffith's own struggles with alcoholism--and as a Victorian melodrama. Yet today it emerges as one of his most powerful and intensely felt works--not merely a heartbreaking story and a portrait of the Depression at its grimmest, but a poignant summary of everything that Griffith could do with a camera, even in low-budget, unspectacular circumstances. With Hal Skelly and Zita Johann. 87 min.

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