https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2019/05/mater-dolorosa-1917/ The Cave of Forgotten Films Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2019/05/mater-dolorosa-1917/#comment-39764 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:11:53 +0000 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/?p=8954#comment-39764 Yes it could be argued that the opening ‘flash forward’ is unnecessary and the intriguing way the story is set up – each character is deliberately set aside with on screen name captions – doesn’t really pay off with the type of intricate ‘character study’ it was promising, it’s still admirable that a potentially silly premise is treated with such square-jawed conviction.

]]> https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2019/05/mater-dolorosa-1917/#comment-15668 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:48:36 +0000 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/?p=8954#comment-15668 Thank you Jon for this early Abel Gance. As early silent cinema, I found it surprisingly lmited in the movement and camera that was to come aplenty in Gance’s later work, but still immeniently watchable. Thanks!

]]> https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/2019/05/mater-dolorosa-1917/#comment-8415 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:09:15 +0000 https://rarefilm.torrentbay.st/?p=8954#comment-8415 a rare gem from a master director. Many thanks

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