'Foolish Wives'

In 1922, Foolish Wives was the most expensive film ever, apparently breaking the $1 million mark. It was also originally intended to be 10 hours long, which is ridiculous. At more than two hours, it was a total beating of a film. At 10 hours, I would've passed it up. That would've been a travesty in filmmaking.

Criticisms of the film were based around the cost. Winding up costing $1.2 million, I'm sure that was seen as incredibly ridiculous. It seems ridiculous now even though an actor of any decent popularity costs you $15 million. Not to mention other actors, sets, CGI and all the varying costs going into a film. Also, it took 11 months to film. Eleven months! Blockbusters these days take a couple of months. Indie films take even less. Weeks perhaps.

This film is pretty ridiculous. It's too long, has a boring plot and does absolutely nothing for nobody.

Production note: Lead actor Rudolph Christians died of pneumonia in the middle of shooting and they had to pull in another actor to finish it, all with his back to the camera for whatever was needed. In comparison, Heath Ledger died in the middle of that Terry Gilliam film and they had Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell step in. With their faces to the camera.