Greed [1925] | ![Greed [1925]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418ABVMDHNL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Erich Von Stroheim
Actors: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Chester Conklin, Dale Fuller
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: Video
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 17942
Format: Black & White, Hifi Sound, Pal, Silent
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 135 Minutes
EAN: 5014780513600
ASIN: B00004CQJK
Theatrical Release Date: 1925
Release Date: June 12, 1995
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"The Holy Grail of the Cinema": My Review on "Greed" (1924) December 29, 2006
Jake M. Cochrane (Harrold, Bedfordshire)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After rewatching Erich von Stroheim's famous "Greed" last night on the TCM channel, a lot of things hit me that I hadn't noticed before in the movie. How brilliantly the movie changes its mood simply by changing the colour: black and white, red, blue, orange, purple and yellow are used crucially to describe the mood of the characters. For instance, during the fantastic climax in the desert, Stroheim uses yellow to make the viewer feel the tension and throbbing heat of the desert.
The film is based upon Frank Norris' novel "McTeague," a book about a man who is a dentist, meets a girl he likes, goes on holiday with her and her husband, marries her, wins the lottery and later on finds himself in the middle of Death Valley with the man he once admired dead at his feet. That's what "Greed" is about.
At 2 1/2 hours, the movie seems long for a silent film. But the original verison of "Greed" came to a time limit of nine hours and twenty minutes! Which not even the die-hard film buff could easily sit through. The missing seven hours of "Greed" has been called the holy grail of the cinema.
No one still alive has seen the original verison of "Greed," but luckily somebody found two extra hours, and created a four-hour verison of the masterpiece which was broadcasted on the TCM channel. "Greed" is shown on TCM around five or four times a year, I know for a fact that it has been on at least four times this year. It is only available on Video in the UK, which is very rare.
Amazon.co.uk's price of "Greed" is fifty pounds, noted as a "Low Price" according to the seller. Fifty pounds is a lot of money, but for a rare video it is reasonable. I have never seen "Greed" on the shelves of any store or video-shop. But hopefully BFI will be releasing a DVD of "Greed" soon enough, along with "Le Samourai" and "Detour."
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