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Feb 21, 2024 · For nearly two decades work has been underway to restore Abel Gance’s 1927 epic Napoleon to as close as possible to its “Apollo version,” a seven-hour cut that screened at the Apollo Theatre in Paris in 1927.
- Jordan Raup
Nov 22, 2023 · In the 1920s, its temporal gigantism horrified producers and its aesthetic invention flustered critics; today, the film’s dimensions pose monumental challenges for restoration and exhibition – let alone evaluation. Napoleon sealed Gance’s reputation, yet its fate haunted the rest of his career.
Apr 18, 2024 · After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic "Napoleon" will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers said...
May 14, 2024 · We thus carried out an expert assessment to find out if we had all of the necessary elements, including writings from Abel Gance, to reconstruct this “grande version”. And, after a century of more or less poor quality restorations, we were able to come up with a restoration that respected Gance’s wishes.
Nov 3, 2016 · Lost for decades and restored by a British schoolboy, Abel Gance’s Napoleon is a masterpiece of silent cinema. Now, 90 years after it was first made, the 5 ½ hour epic gets a UK cinema...
May 14, 2024 · The 77th Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with a historic screening of Abel Gance’s restored 1927 masterpiece “Napoleon”, months after French critics heaped scorn on Ridley Scott’s...
Apr 18, 2024 · The 2024 Cannes Classics sidebar will open with a restored version of French filmmaker Abel Gance’s silent epic Napolean. A major work of the silent era, Napolean has taken sixteen years to...
