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Abel Gance’s NAPOLEON

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Neil Rosen in Blogs, Film, History // 0 Comments

Abel Gance’s epic 1927 movie Napoleon is one of the most famous, important and influential movies of all time. Way back in the 1980s I went to see a ‘live’ performance of a restored version of it (with original new accompanying music by Carl Davis) staged in London by Thames Television, for whom one of the great film researcher/historian partnerships Kevin Brownlow and David Gill were then working. It was a great ‘event’ at the time and attracted a tsunami of publicity around the world.

Now it is being released in another new, improved and updated version:

See here a review of the ‘new’ movie by Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian – THE GUARDIAN

And, for a trip through the history of the film, see here – WIKIPEDIA

About Neil Rosen

Neil went to the City of London School and Manchester University graduating with a 1st in economics. After a brief stint in accountancy, Neil emigrated to a kibbutz In Israel. His articles on the burgeoning Israeli film industry earned comparisons to Truffaut and Godard in Cahiers du Cinema. Now one of the world's leading film critics and moderators at film Festivals Neil has written definitively in his book Kosher Nostra on Jewish post war actors. Neil lives with his family in North London. More Posts

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