FIL 1030 History of Film - MDC Faculty Home Pages
FIL 1030 History of Film - MDC Faculty Home Pages
FIL 1030 History of Film - MDC Faculty Home Pages
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Erich von Stroheim (The man you love to hate)<br />
� Austrian Actor,Writer, Producer and Director<br />
� Obsessed with total realism down to every detail<br />
� Made Old-World melodramas about infidelity and deception<br />
� Constantly fought with movie executives, especially Thalberg<br />
� His excesses caused him to be blacklisted in Hollywood<br />
“Blind Husbands” 1919<br />
“Foolish Wives” 1921<br />
“The Wedding March” 1928<br />
Directing “Greed” in 1924<br />
� In the naturalist tradition <strong>of</strong> Zola<br />
� Ran 9 hours at first screening<br />
� Legendary lost masterpiece
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