Pathe: First Look at New Restoration and Reconstruction of Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)
HomePathe: First Look at New Restoration and Reconstruction of Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)
Posted July 2, 2024 03:13 AM by Webmaster
Pathe has provided an official trailer for the recent restoration and reconstruction of Abel Gance's film Napoleon (1927), which will open in select theaters in France on July 10.
Also included with this announcement is an official theatrical poster.
A massive biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film's legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple-image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.
Also included with this announcement is an official theatrical poster.
A massive biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film's legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple-image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.
