The Passion of Joan of Arc - CRITERION DVD Reviews

Is there one film that you could truly call a work of art?

Yes.  The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Masterpiece is used too quickly or mis-used this days that a new word perhaps should be coined to describe the handful of films that truly are masterpieces. 

This is a silent film.  It's also in black and white.  It's stark, stylistic and unique.  

A lot of you will never even try to watch it but I assure you it as timeless as the finest ballet, opera, or piece of classical music.   

Passion broke the still developing rules of film-making in 1928 and still feels innovative, daring and impassioned...