greta garbo stars in anna christie and a very early 1930 mgm talkie and the first time garbo talks. anna christie is a powerful movie but not for everyone. the movie is filmed like a stage play and short on sets and cinematography and long on dialogue and dramatic characterizations. eugene oneil who wrote the play anna christie is known for his dark work and garbo character anna christie is a bleak figure with a tortured past. the sound quality on the dvd was mediocre. not helping matters is that george f. marion who plays anna estranged dad and chris christofferson and is verbally hard to understand. marion gives a good performance as the old drunken seamen who’s teetering on insanity with his fixation of the evil wouldevil sea. but his dialogue is written with a very heavy swedish accent and this is true to oneils original play. marie dressler dialogue as marthy owens is equally hard to understand. dressler believably portrays a broken down old drunken women and a wharf rat. her dialogue also is true to oneils original play as is charles bickford as the irish seamen and matt burke who pursues anna in a troubled relationship. garbo is actually the easiest to understand. the films strong point is greta garbo. she delivers a gut wrenching performance as the victim of neglect and abuse and leading to a life of prostitution. garbo was a huge star at the time and considered one of the most beautiful women in hollywood. here her look isn not glamorous and it tortured. her body posture nearly doubles over in agony. she scrunches her face to become a pathetic creature on the screen. garbo conveys these angst ridden feelings to the viewer to convince us of her misery. this is dark subject matter and garbo brings it to life. it’s not light fare and not fun and not for everyone. ‘anna christie’ is strong emotions dredged up from the depths for examination and this is one helluva ride. 
greta garbo stars in anna christie and a very early 1930 mgm talkie and the first time garbo talks. anna christie is a powerful movie but not for everyone. the movie is filmed like a stage play and short on sets and cinematography and long on dialogue and dramatic characterizations. eugene oneil who wrote the play anna christie is known for his dark work and garbo character anna christie is a bleak figure with a tortured past. the sound quality on the dvd was mediocre. not helping matters is that george f. marion who plays anna estranged dad and chris christofferson and is verbally hard to understand. marion gives a good performance as the old drunken seamen who’s teetering on insanity with his fixation of the evil wouldevil sea. but his dialogue is written with a very heavy swedish accent and this is true to oneils original play. marie dressler dialogue as marthy owens is equally hard to understand. dressler believably portrays a broken down old drunken women and a wharf rat. her dialogue also is true to oneils original play as is charles bickford as the irish seamen and matt burke who pursues anna in a troubled relationship. garbo is actually the easiest to understand. the films strong point is greta garbo. she delivers a gut wrenching performance as the victim of neglect and abuse and leading to a life of prostitution. garbo was a huge star at the time and considered one of the most beautiful women in hollywood. here her look isn not glamorous and it tortured. her body posture nearly doubles over in agony. she scrunches her face to become a pathetic creature on the screen. garbo conveys these angst ridden feelings to the viewer to convince us of her misery. this is dark subject matter and garbo brings it to life. it’s not light fare and not fun and not for everyone. ‘anna christie’ is strong emotions dredged up from the depths for examination and this is one helluva ride. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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