A Revolution for the Screen

Abel Gance's Napoleon

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by Paul Cuff

Type: Studies
Subject: One Film > Napoleon
Keywords: Abel Gance
Publishing date: 2015
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Collection: Film Culture in Transition
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Hardcover • 272 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-90-8964-734-4

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
Paul Cuff is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film and Television at the University of Warwick, UK.

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