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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2015-2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film Culture in Transition
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 40 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- 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