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A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoléon / Paul Cuff.
Van Pelt Library PN1997.N3283 C84 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cuff, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Film culture in transition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gance, Abel.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoléon (Motion picture : 1927).
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--In motion pictures.
- Napoleon.
- Gance, Abel--Criticism and interpretation.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Motion pictures.
- Local Subjects:
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Gance, Abel.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Abel Gance's silent masterpiece, 'Napoleon', was given a limited run on its debut in 1927, but soon afterwards distributors in France and America, unwilling to deal with its nine-hour running time, subjected it to savage cuts - with devastating results for the movie and for film history. The struggle across ensuing decades to restore and reintegrate Gance's film has formed a backdrop to an array of formal, contextual, and ideological battles. In this book, Paul Cuff takes account of those battles and challenges received opinion on Gance's view of both his film and its subject.--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- ISBN:
- 9789089647344
- 9089647341
- OCLC:
- 906678654
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