LEADER 04418nam 22006012 450 001 9910797448203321 005 20201217112422.0 010 $a90-485-2487-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048524877 035 $a(CKB)3710000000455669 035 $a(EBL)3563353 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001557477 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16180943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001557477 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14817045 035 $a(PQKB)11591120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3563353 035 $a(DE-B1597)502623 035 $a(OCoLC)916529112 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048524877 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048524877 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3563353 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11082329 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL819308 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000455669 100 $a20201120d2015|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA revolution for the screen $eAbel Gance's Napoleon /$fPaul Cuff$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (272 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aFilm culture in transition. 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020). 311 $a90-8964-734-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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 Napole?on 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 'Napole?on' -- 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. 327 $aConclusion: The case for enthusiasm -- Filmography and bibliography -- Index -- List of illustrations -- Note on formatting. 330 $aAbel Gance's silent masterpiece, Napoleon, was given a limited run on its debut in 1927, but soon afterwards distributors in France and America, unwilling to deal with its nine-hour running time, subjected it to savage cuts - with devastating results for the movie and for film history. The struggle across ensuing decades to restore and reintegrate Gance's film has formed a backdrop to an array of formal, contextual, and ideological battles. In this book, Paul Cuff takes account of those battles and challenges received opinion on Gance's view of both his film and its subject. 410 0$aFilm culture in transition. 606 $aART / Film & Video$2bisacsh 610 $aAbel Gance, Napoleon,. 615 7$aART / Film & Video. 676 $a791.43/72 700 $aCuff$b Paul$01038600 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797448203321 996 $aA revolution for the screen$93841488 997 $aUNINA