Blind Husbands

There are moments of cinematographic sublimity that showcase von Stroheim’s preternatural gift as a filmmaker.

This picture is sensational. It marks an epoch.

It's a moral tale, as simplistic as it sounds, but what makes it distinctive is the use of design and the characters' personal mannerisms as fully functional elements of the director's overall moral purpose.

A silent melodrama that manifests Von Stroheim's early aesthetic ambitions for mise en scène, but whose narrative, unfortunately, lacks the emotional hook to sustain its themes of jealousy, infidelity, and marital lies. [Full review in Spanish]