Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (1927)'s comments

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Typically Thomas

In case you're wondering, like I did, why this movie is so hard to find, given it is so old and you might assume it's in the public domain, let me clear it up. This being a French film the copyright expires 70 years after the death of the creator, and Abel Gance died in 1981, so this film will not be public domain until 2051.

1 month 2 weeks ago

Marazmatique

Kind of them to throw some surprise titties in after 4 hours of politics and warfare.

2 years 7 months ago

Buksemannen

Watched the 332 minute version. Act III is incredibly slow, and ruins the great build up in the first two act's in my opinion.

4 years 8 months ago

Namfoodle

ACT III was the only weaker one (the romance subplot), other than that it's really amazing.

5 years 8 months ago

locovoco

Surprisingly a 4 hour silent movie with virtually no plot, no love interests, and no mystery did not come up SHORT of my expectations.....oh god, couldn't resist.....

8 years 4 months ago

chryzsh

Watched the Coppola edition which is 4 hours.The editing, cinematography, color, acting and music are all fantastic.

The double exposure shots with Napoleon at sea and the crowds moving in the waves was breathtaking!

8 years 4 months ago

Torgo

I hope to be excused, but having seen the Brownlow restauration at an exhausting 313 minutes (and not in the best picture quality at all), I couldn't resist to imagine that a cut of roughly 3 1/2 hours wouldn't come off as necessarily butchered to me, but rather appropriate. To think Gance had 5 or 6 of these films in such proportions in mind seems really quite overblown. (Which doesn't mean I don't acknowledge some of the spectacular scenes and overall qualities of the movie; it's just too long!)

Now I don't know how bad the soundtrack and editing of the Coppola cut really is; but I'd sure prefer a BluRay transfer of this over the circulating Brownlow rip, which doesn't do the epic scale of this project any justice. And I'm not even talking about the triptych here ..

9 years 4 months ago

Knaldskalle

Napoleon will be screened in Amsterdam, June 15, 2014.

More info and tickets (in English).

One screening only.

10 years 1 month ago

idjutt

@knaldskalle:

also went to royal albert hall thanks to your mention. enjoyed it immensely. cheers!

10 years 5 months ago

JF-UK

@mathiasa: Just returned home from the Royal Festival Hall - hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did! :^D

10 years 5 months ago

mathiasa

@Knaldskalle: thanks to your comment I'll be there, I'm looking forward to it, means a lot to me.

10 years 6 months ago

Knaldskalle

This will be screened in London, November 30th, 2013.

More info and tickets.

Obviously, you should go if at all possible, it's the experience of a lifetime!

11 years 1 month ago

george4mon

painfully long, i thought it was never going to end.

11 years 7 months ago

scaphane

Epic. Especially the triptych ending. Can't wait for the sequel.

12 years 1 month ago

Dieguito

Good but too long..

12 years 3 months ago