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Sep 9, 2024 · A 1968 Documentary Film on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance, Directed by Kevin Brownlow and narrated by Lindsay Anderson. The film uses footage from Gance's Napoleon, La Roue, and J'Accuse as an introduction to his creative genius.
6 days ago · “Abel Gance’s intergenerational epic romance ‘La Roue’ (1923), or ‘The Wheel,’ is widely considered one of the masterpieces of the silent era, a feat of editing and cinematography that remains jaw-dropping more than a century after its release.”
Sep 25, 2024 · This final post on the Gance retrospective reflects on my experiences at the Cinémathèque. It’s rare that I find myself at such a concentrated cultural feast. Anyone who has read my posts on Pordenone or Bonn will know that festivals are things of great fascination to me, and perennially out of reach.
Sep 20, 2024 · Day two of my retrospective binge, and we continue our exploration of Gance’s melodramas from the 1910s. Both films were familiar to me, but not in the form they ...
Sep 23, 2024 · This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoléon by director/writer/ actor Abel Gance. Napoléon showcased Gance's talents with the camera, his use of multiple images (like a split screen), and his handling of crowded action scenes – all brought to the fore in this documentary by Nelly Kaplan, who became his ...
Sep 22, 2024 · The third day of my cultural smash-and-grab was the busiest. Three screenings: one illustrated talk, two shorts, and one feature… Sunday 15 September 2024: Salle Georges Franju, 2.30pm The first ev…
Sep 19, 2024 · Defining silent cinema. 1. In common usage, the period in which cinema first appeared and developed, from the mid 1890s through to the introduction of synchronized sound in the late 1920s; films produced during this time did not have a soundtrack, though, in fact, they were rarely shown in silence. 2.
