dramatic poetry. One of its masterstrokes, which looks far less self-conscious than any description of it may seem, is the moment when Letty hallucinates in terror at the sight of the partially buried body of her attacker." In a retrospective of silent films, the Museum of Modern Art screened The Wind and included a review of the film in their program. They wrote, "What makes The Wind such an eloquent coda to its dying medium is Seastrom's and Gish's distillation of their art forms to the simplest, most elemental form: there are no frills. Seastrom was always at his best as a visual poet of natural forces impinging on human drama; in his films, natural forces convey drama and control human destiny. Gish, superficially fragile and innocent, could plumb the depths of her steely soul and find the will to prevail. The genius of both Seastrom and Gish comes to a climactic confluence in The Wind. Gish is Everywoman, subject to the most basic male brutality and yet freshly open to the possibility of romance. As a result, the film offers a quintessential cinematic moment of the rarest and most transcendentally pure art." Legacy In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Notes References External links The Wind essay by Fritzi Kramer at National Film Registry The Wind essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages - 155-156 The Wind essay at Senses of Cinema by Adrian Danks The Wind at silentera.com database The Wind at Virtual History The Wind Review 1928 films American black-and-white films American romantic drama films American silent feature films Films based on American novels Films directed by Victor Sjöström Films shot in California Films with screenplays by Frances Marion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films United States National Film Registry films 1928 romantic drama films 1920s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films