When D.W. Griffith made INTOLERANCE in 1916 (shortly following his more infamous BIRTH OF A NATION), he fought for your right to party. I salute that noble, mildly intoxicated fight.
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Umm, this film was considered slow and arty and flopped at the box office because people wanted to see livelier, more "entertaining" things--now totally forgotten--the equivalents at that time of things like "Porky's".
shareIt wasn't really a flop. It did well, just nowhere near as well as Birth of a Nation. When it went on its roadshow it would premiere really well, and do good for a bit, but then the receipts would drop off pretty shortly. It was the same throughout the roadshow and it did the same in general release, and international release. Birth would premiere and just keep going strong. The flop thing is largely a myth perpetuated by reports greatly exaggerating the production costs.
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