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.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Cuff
EAN: 9789089647344
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Amsterdam University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-06-25
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GENRE: ART / Film & Video
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Book Themes:
France, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Film history, theory or criticism, Individual film directors, film-makers
Paul Cuff is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film and Television at the University of Warwick, UK.
