Introduction to INTOLERANCE by composer Carl Davis, recorded August 8, 2013, at a screening of the film at Film Forum

Summary: INTOLERANCE: (1916) Overwhelmingly spectacular (the assistant directors alone included W.S. Van Dyke, Tod Browning, and Erich von Stroheim) follow-up to Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, with Lillian Gish’s cradle-rocking tying together stories of Christ, the 16th-century St. Bartholomew Day Massacre, the fall of Babylon (complete with 300-foot high chariot-bearing battlements), and a modern day story capped by the original car vs. train race to the crossing to deliver the reprieve. Restored with original tinting and toning, with musical score by Carl Davis (Napoleon) performed by The Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra. 167 minutes (plus intermission). DCP. This podcast is a recording of the introduction to INTOLERANCE by composer Carl Davis, recorded August 8, 2013, at a screening of the film at Film Forum