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...It’s like writing history with lightning,” Woodrow Wilson said of D. W. Griffith??s 1915 film The Birth of a Nation that pays homage to the Ku Klux Klan, “and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true...
Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. “DJ Spooky,” channeled lightning with a laptop before a sold-out crowd in Sanders Theatre Friday night. He edited Griffith??s silent epic—live—interspersing dance clips from choreographer Bill T. Jones, projecting the remixed footage onto a massive triptych backdrop, and all the while turning tables to produce a tuneful blues base...
Among other examples, Miller pointedly cites University President Lawrence H. Summers’ controversial statements about women in science as a living demonstration of the persistence of this “incredibly false version of America” set forth in Griffith??s film...
...themes that Miller grapples with in Rebirth extend beyond the pinpointing of unchanged cultural trends. For Miller, his Rebirth of a Nation is also a reevaluation of Griffith??s film, as well as a reassessment of American history...
Regardless of the storyline or Griffith??s personal history, The Birth of a Nation would likely still find a place in film history for its numerous technical innovations in cinematography. These included the development of the iris shot, in which the camera focuses on a particular visual detail of a shot and blacks out the surrounding scenery, and the development of coloring frames to highlight a scene’s mood...