Cabiria
Cabiria
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The most ambitious and spectacular of the historical epics for which Italy was famous before World War I, Cabiria set the standard for big budget, feature-length movies and opened the way for Griffith and DeMille. During the war between Carthage and Rome, a girl--Cabiria--is separated from her parents. In her odyssey through the world of ancient Rome, she encounters an erupting volcano, the barbaric splendor of Carthage, human sacrifice and Hannibal crossing the Alps. Mastered from a 35mm archive print using variable speed projection to match the original hand cranked camera, Cabiria features a newly recorded soundtrack from the original 1914 score. Giovanni Pastrone---Italy---1914---123 mins.

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  | JohnH#1

IMDB credits Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy) as one of the writers of Cabiria. I wish I had read Livy before I saw this movie. It would have made more sense if I had. After I checked Livy a lot of seemingly unrelated events fell into place. Cabiria is based on history. Or you can forget the story and admire the sets. Magificent. They make the sets for Griffith's Intolerance look like sharecroppers cabins by comparison.

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