Not-So-Silent Film:
The Wind (1928)
Lillian Gish’s 1928 THE WIND will be presented on 35MM and accompanied by live music from The Sanctuary Orchestra.
Tickets are $15; pick your showtime below.
The Wind (1928) is one of Lillian Gish’s greatest achievements in a powerfully dramatic silent film.
Filmsite
It’s one of the few silents to stand the test of time.
Dennis Schwartz
A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.
Genre
Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Runtime
1 hour, 35 minutes
Directed by
Victor Sjöström
Written by
Frances Marion, Dorothy Scarborough, John Colton
Starring
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love
For all the twisters and panicking crowds, this is a face-and-character piece built around Gish’s most subtly pained performance and well-observed bursts of naturalistic life .
Village Voice