Napoleon | Annabella, Antonin Artaud | an awesome masterpiece with futuristic effects.

Napoleon | Annabella, Antonin Artaud | A MASTERPIECE AND A WORK OF GLORIOUS GENIUS

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Napoleon

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highly recommended

an awesome masterpiece with futuristic effects.

I first saw the movie Napoleon in the theater and I was amazed at the effects Abel Gance was able to come up with that appear to be the way movies were to be seen today for widescreen effects. The montage at the last twenty minutes of the movie when the screen appeared regular size for a theater then the side curtains go up to make the battle scene appear lifesize and the eagle with wings spread across the screen when the montage appeared was pure genius. I would highly recommend this movie for any silent movie buff or anyone interested in Napoleon.

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A MASTERPIECE AND A WORK OF GLORIOUS GENIUS

In 1981 before a packed house at Radio City Music Hall this restored classic reappeared after being missing for fifty years. Accompanied by a huge orchestra in the landmark theater, NAPOLEON brough the house to its feet in cheers at the end, as its dying director, Abel Gance listened on the phone from France! And fitting it was. This account of the early life of the great French leader is a monument to moviemaking. The use of the camera, of montages, of all manner of visual techniques is a wonder to behold, not just for the sake of the technical but for building the emotion and drama of the story. The final scenes of Napoleon's invasion of Italy when the screen triples in size and in effect duplicates Cinerama brought gasps from the audience - and can not by experienced except in a theater. The musical score was a marvelous addition to it. This film belongs, literally, on the Top Ten of the Twentieth Century. If you can't see it in a theater watch it on video but try to imagine a full size orchestra and a sixty foot screen as was at Radio City Music Hall. A GREAT film, AND a useful addition to our history of Napoleon as it takes a different view from the usual anti-French British line. SEE IT!

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Detailed history of Abel Gance's film masterpiece "Napoleon"

British film preservationist and historian Kevin Brownlow's detailed history of Abel Gance's "Napoleon". Covers Brownlow's initial interest the film at an early age, and his 25 year quest to reconstruct it. Offers a detailed history of the production of the film, its many versions as produced by Gance, and the films triumphant return at Radio City in 1981. An essential book in the history of film. Lots of detailed information about Abel Gance available nowhere else.

Thank You Coppola

This film is realy a masterpiece he is showing that even in the silent era european cinema was better and "artier" than the american. the direction and the cinematography are briliant. special thanks for Francis coppola and Zoetrope studios for restoring this film and allowing us to watch it.

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