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Powerful even in its incomplete form, Erich von Stroheim's Greed is a spoil of cinematic riches and a harrowing treatise on the corrupting allure of money. Read critic reviews
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When housewife Trina McTeague (ZaSu Pitts) wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband, John (Gibson Gowland), is slowly destroyed, in part by her own increasing paranoia and in part by the machinations of a villainous friend, Marcus (Jean Hersholt). Director Erich von Stroheim shot the film, based on the Frank Norris novel "McTeague", on location in and around San Francisco, an extravagance unheard of in the 1920s. His original version, since lost, ran for nearly 10 hours.
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Genre: Drama
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Director: Erich von Stroheim
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Producer: Irving Thalberg
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Writer: Joseph Farnham, June Mathis, Frank Norris, Erich von Stroheim
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
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Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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Aspect Ratio: Academy (1.33:1), 35mm
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Audience Reviews for Greed
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One of the most memorable silent films in the 20s, Greed is an adaptation from the novel McTeague about how greed ruined people's live. Because the original is lost, we only have the restored version with some still images to bridge the gap of missing fragments. It was very shocking for its day I believe, it is still entertaining to watch nonetheless.
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Keep in mind that Greed's recent reconstruction was an attempt to revive as much of the story as possible, given the initial ambitions by Stroheim to ask from the audience to sit for 10 hours to witness his masterpiece. Although the intentions are honorable and the result definitely offers a deeper insight for hardcore fans, it should not be a first-timer experience. You should see what nowadays remains filmed instead of constant interruptions that make you walk through the alleyways of a visual museum. How ironic is the fact that Stroheim's main idea does not only still applies to nowadays life circumstances, but applies even more accurately than before. Material richness and greed will always be there unless a general consensus is established and accepted regarding the respect of the goods and properties of others, and of sharing. Unfortunately, such possible utopia never reached an agreement. The result is that neoliberal economy has taken the throne of the world and now this movie feels alien to us. However, that's exactly the incorrect approach to Greed. 99/100
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An impressive achievement leaves one wondering what was lost from Von Stroheim's original nine hour epic original. What's left is compelling with great work from ZaSu Pitts as the rapacious Trina.
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