Revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon /

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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 results for the movie and for film histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cuff, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
Colección:Film culture in transition.
Temas:
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > In motion pictures.
Gance, Abel > Criticism and interpretation.
Gance, Abel
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
Napoléon (Motion picture : 1927)
Film theory and criticism.
ART > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion pictures
Abel Gance, Napoleon,.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Preface: Critical perspective
  • 1. Napoleonic ambition and historical imagination
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Messiahs of the nineteenth century
  • 1.3 Towards a new era
  • 1.4 Cinema and the Napoleonic project
  • 1.5 Historiography as ritual
  • 1.6 Summary
  • 2. Shaping expectations: The young Napoléon Bonaparte
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Cinema as experiential art
  • 2.3 Multiplying perspective
  • 2.4 Father to the man
  • 2.5 Invoking the future
  • 2.6 Iconic isolation
  • 2.7 Summary
  • 3. Civilization and savagery: Visions of the French Revolution
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Reasoning with chaos
  • 3.3 Community and spectatorship
  • 3.4 Fire and phoenix
  • 3.5 Summary
  • 4. Mortal gods: Voices of power and of providence
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Communicating authority
  • 4.3 Chaos and providence
  • 4.4 Orchestrating murder
  • 4.5 The rhetoric of the Terror
  • 4.6 Summary
  • 5. The dark light of Napoleonic cinema
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 'Bonaparte' and 'Napoléon'
  • 5.3 Visual antitheses
  • 5.4 Inheritance
  • 5.5 The expansion of visual language
  • 5.6 Summary
  • 6. A view from the margins of history
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Oblivion and remembrance
  • 6.3 Parallel lives
  • 6.4 Documentation and survival
  • 6.5 Forlorn recognition
  • 6.6 Summary
  • 7. Melodrama and the formulations of family
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Incomplete families
  • 7.3 Fate and fortune
  • 7.4 Flirtation and observation
  • 7.5 Negotiating the future
  • 7.6 Love and war
  • 7.7 Summary
  • 8. Worlds in transition: Class, consumption, corruption
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Corrupting powers
  • 8.3 New femininities
  • 8.4 The Victims' Ball
  • 8.5 Summary
  • 9. Death and transfiguration
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 From history to legend
  • 9.3 From individualism to universalism
  • 9.4 Summary.
  • Conclusion: The case for enthusiasm
  • Filmography and bibliography
  • Index
  • List of illustrations
  • Note on formatting.

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