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The Movie Hypocrisy was released in 1916 and was a silent film that was produced by the Fox Corporation. Overall, I feel that the film was very well made for its time. The storyline was excellent and the actors did a good job of portraying emotion on screen without any sound. The film is about a pastor at an American church whose congregation is not living the values that he preaches. The film follows the pastor as he makes a statue that portrays hypocrisy. Many of the scenes in this film are symbolic. I suspect that the film makers had to do this because there was no sound for the actors. The film makers had to find a way to present their message to the viewers without sound. They did this by labeling items and having the actors perfect their body language and facial expressions. Considering this is one of the earliest films made, it seems very well done and refined. The storyline is very well developed and engaging. The movie seems to have a point to it and it seems like the audience would have walked out having learned something. I suspect that this movie would have been very controversial at the time because of the nudity in the movie. However, I think that the nudity adds to the story and is important because it shows that people are more upset about that than they are about alcohol and the fact that many men have mistresses. Overall, I thought that this was great movie with a storyline that is still relevant. The film makers did an excellent job with making the audience get the point of the film without sound or dialog. The moral of the film is something that can still be applied today, which makes this film still relevant.