A Revolution for the Screen: Abel Gance's Napoleon by Paul Cuff

A Revolution for the Screen: Abel Gance's Napoleon

Film Culture in Transition

Paul Cuff

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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 resu...

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