A Revolution for the Screen : : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff.
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 ac...
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Cuff, Paul, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Revolution for the Screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / Paul Cuff. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (272 p.) : 40 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Film Culture in Transition Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- Note on formatting -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface: Critical perspective -- 1. Napoleonic ambition and historical imagination -- 2. Shaping expectations: The young Napoléon Bonaparte -- 3. Civilization and savagery: Visions of the French Revolution -- 4. Mortal gods: Voices of power and of providence -- 5. The dark light of Napoleonic cinema -- 6. A view from the margins of history -- 7. Melodrama and the formulations of family -- 8. Worlds in transition: Class, consumption, corruption -- 9. Death and transfiguration -- Conclusion: The case for enthusiasm -- Filmography and bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Film Studies. Film, Media, and Communication. ART / Film & Video. bisacsh Abel Gance, Napoleon,. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2015-2017 9783110606447 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110662788 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015 9783111023762 print 9789089647344 https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048524877?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048524877 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048524877/original |
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