CUDIU
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This Griffith one-reeler is the first part of a prequel to Kubrick's The Shining.
What Drink Did narrates how Delbert Grady, the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, kills one of his two daughters under the effects of booze. Griffith did not have the time to complete his prequel project so we do not know how the second daughter died and when the two bodies got the ill treatment seen in The Shining.
Overall, a worthy effort from a master filmmaker of those early days of movies. What I liked the most is the delicate and subtle way the moral message is conveyed, which by no means is spoon-fed to the audience. The extreme plausibility of the plot and the supremely realistic acting are key elements to the brilliancy of this tale.
What Drink Did narrates how Delbert Grady, the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, kills one of his two daughters under the effects of booze. Griffith did not have the time to complete his prequel project so we do not know how the second daughter died and when the two bodies got the ill treatment seen in The Shining.
Overall, a worthy effort from a master filmmaker of those early days of movies. What I liked the most is the delicate and subtle way the moral message is conveyed, which by no means is spoon-fed to the audience. The extreme plausibility of the plot and the supremely realistic acting are key elements to the brilliancy of this tale.