...The plan to remake "Fading Flowers" in talkies also failed to materialize. This was because Griffith's "Victorian" sentimental melodramas no longer appealed to Jazz Age audiences. However, in recent years, critical attention has been focused on this "Victorianism," and melodramas such as "The Heart of the World" (1918) and "Orphans of the Storm" (1921), as well as idyllic pastoral romances such as "Susie's Heart" and "Valley of Happiness" (both 1919), have been reevaluated, and the importance of the role of the "child-woman" played by Lillian Gish in these works in the history of Hollywood female images has been reassessed. In other words, it has been said that "Griffith's work can be seen as a powerful link between melodrama, which has its roots in the 19th century, and the entire history of American cinema, which has absorbed and developed its forms of expression." *Some of the terminology referenced in "Orphan of the Storm" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…《散り行く花》をトーキーで再映画化する企画も実現しなかった。グリフィスのつくる〈ビクトリア朝時代的な〉感傷性にみちたメロドラマが,ジャズ・エージの観客の心をとらえられなくなったためであったが,近年の批評的な関心は,この〈ビクトリアニズム〉に注がれており,《世界の心》(1918),《嵐の孤児》(1921)のようなメロドラマ,《スージーの真心》《幸福の谷》(ともに1919)といったのどかな田園を舞台にしたロマンスものが再評価され,それらの作品でリリアン・ギッシュが演じた〈子どものような女(チャイルド・ウーマン)〉がハリウッド映画の女性像の歴史に占める位置の重要性がみなおされてきている。すなわち,〈グリフィスの仕事は,19世紀に根をもつメロドラマと,その表現形式を吸収・発展させてきたアメリカ映画の全史とをつなぐ力強い環であったとみなすことができよう〉と評されている。… ※「《嵐の孤児》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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