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Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University

Greed, Erich von Stroheim’s intense, monumental silent film, turns 100. Its legacy lives on

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First released in New York on December 4 1924, Erich von Stroheim’s intense, monumental Greed remains more famous for what didn’t end up on screen than what did.

Based on Frank Norris’ 1899 novel McTeague, Greed is a psychologically intense story of the corrupting influence of capital.

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