1924 · drama · silent
Greed
Directed by Erich von Stroheim2h 20m1924
When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
Our read: Greed (1924) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · silent entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / silent, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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