The Wind (1928)

[Henry Musikar]

Nice find.  Sounds like a predecessor/opposite of my father's fave "Woman in the Dunes," http://preview.tinyurl.com/woman-in-the-dunes 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Monroe

Thursday, March 5 – 7pm – rare 35mm screening!  Free.
The Wind
(Victor Sjöström, USA, 72min.,35mm, silent, B/W, 1928)

The Wind is the last surviving silent picture by Victor Sjöström, the
great Swedish director who worked in Hollywood in the 1920s. It is
also the last silent film of Lillian Gish, the silent film era’s
greatest actress. In The Wind, natural forces destroy a delicate young
woman, played by Gish, who is isolated in a desert cabin struck by
sandstorms. Through both cinematography and Gish's performance, wind
represents all the cosmic forces that have ever borne down on a
vulnerable humanity. When faced with a brutal male attacker, Gish's
seemingly fragile and innocent character summons a ferocious strength
and resilience.

With an original score performed by Chicago composer Olivia Block.

http://www.uniontheatre.uwm.edu