
Christ takes on the form of a pacifist count to end a senseless war..

C. Gardner Sullivan
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The Enduring Echo of Humanity's Plea: Revisiting 'Civilization' (1916)Stepping back into the cinematic landscape of 1916, one encounters a film that, even a century later, reverberates with an urgency that feels eerily contemporary. Maurice Tourneur's Civilization isn't merely a silent film; it's a sprawling, audacious...

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Reginald Barker

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"The Enduring Echo of Humanity's Plea: Revisiting 'Civilization' (1916)Stepping back into the cinematic landscape of 1916, one encounters a film that, even a century later, reverberates with an urgency that feels eerily contemporary. Maurice Tourneur's Civilization isn't merely a silent film; it's a sprawling, audacious philosophical treatise disguised as a gripping narrative, a bold cinematic sermon delivered at the height of a global conflagration. It dares to ask fundamental questions about th..."


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