BROKEN BLOSSOMS

Hello, for BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919, directed by D.W. Griffith), please think about:

1) How is "the Yellow man" portrayed? How is "the girl" portrayed? (cinematically, ideologically)

2) What is the relationship between the Yellow man and the girl? (cinematically, ideologically)

3) Which title card shocked you the most?

The scene we studied in class is about a 10-minute clip: 44:25 to 55:00 (she falls into his curio shop in Chinatown, he then takes care of her)

You can access BROKEN BLOSSOMS through McHenry Library: https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/reserves and type "FILM 165D" (all capitals) in the search box or use our 165D Reserves Link.

Broken Blossoms (1919)

CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Broken Blossoms, racist reversal? Chinese stereotypes in western film

Broken Blossoms" (1919) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer - YouTube

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) - IMDb

Broken Blossoms (1919) - Rotten Tomatoes

Yellowface

Yellowface Is Still A Thing In Hollywood And Really Needs To Stop | HuffPost Entertainment

Yellowface is a bad look, Hollywood - YouTube

Hollywood legend, Katharine Hepburn in 1944, and Hollywood star today, Scarlett Johansson in 2017

https://www.history.com/news/yellowface-whitewashing-in-film-america Links to an external site.

~Professor Kim