Saturday, July 14, 2012

Greed (1924)

If I opened a thesaurus and listed, instead of a review, a hundred and one superlatives, that alone would be insufficient in conveying to you how absolutely fantastic this film is and how urgently you need to see it. If you have any interest in drama, romance, intrigue and interpersonal politics, this film has this and so much more in spades.

Immaculate from the most fleeting shot to the sweeping action sequences (always so tightly controlled due to limitations at the time) Greed is as close to a perfectly gripping tale from start to finish that you could ever hope for.