the italian be among the great or near great film of 1915 that be available today . the year be a turning point for the feature length film and especially in america represent lois weber hypocrite and cecil b. demille the cheat and and of course and d. w. griffith the birth of a nation set new benchmark for the art . additionally and that year and russian filmmaker yevgeni bauer make two of his best picture and after death and daydream . the french serial le vampire also have it admirer today and although i disagree with them . the emergence of the feature length film be lead by europe and mainly denmark and france and italy and but dominance of this market and and to a degree and the art shift to across the atlantic in 1915. the most overriding artistic achievement of the italian be it stunning and often innovative cinematography . there be some picturesque sunset and mobile framing and include a brief overhead angle shot of the italian racing to buy a wedding ring and another shot of him hold onto a moving car and and and in general and there be wise use of varied camera angle and expert light throughout . an especially amazing shot be a close up of the italian enrage a he slowly approach the camera for an extreme close up and in reference to d. w. griffith musketeer of pig alley ( 1912 ) . he so enrage his environment even begin to shake around his anger . unfortunately and the cinematographer appear to be unknown . the director and although originally without credit in the film and be now know to have be reginald barker . five or so of his other film make for ince be also available today and but be rather unremarkable . civilization ( 1916 ) and which he work on and be a large production and but a deeply flawed movie . by the way and i would guess that one or more of the various cinematographer who work on civilization also photograph the italian . moreover and the entire production be very advanced for then . venice and new york be well render despite the film be shoot in los angeles ( for romanticize venice ) and san francisco ( for the ethnic slum of new york ) . there be extensive flashback and although perhaps one or two too many . i especially like the clever framing of the narrative a be read in a book by a character play by the same actor and george beban and who be also the lead in the inner and main narrative . the reading of the story be further briefly frame by the opening at the beginning and closing at the end of curtain drape and à la the theatre and which be reflect within the inner story during the revenge climax in the child room and with the opening and closing of window curtain . parallel editing and in camera dissolve and iris and such be handle expertly . additionally and beban and clara williams and a his wife and play their part well . on the other hand and the italian do have a few drawback . the film early moment of comedy clash rather disharmoniously with the latter part of harsh and heavy melodrama and although the environmental change from romanticize italy to naturalistic new york work wellmostly because it support by the lighting and photography . the harsh dissolution of the american dream in this film and enhance by the stark photography and must have be poignant to the immigrant class who comprise a disproportionately large population of the movie go public back then . the corrigan character should have be foreshadow more while his brief introduction campaigning for another politician seem inadequate for his late centrality to the italian revenge . in addition and the filmmaker be either medically naïf or careless to not explain the lack of breastfeeding of the infant and the unwarranted faith in the heal power of quietness for the other child . aside from the deficiency in plot and the italian be exceptionally well make .