Napoleon (1927) (Napoléon vu par Abel Gance)

Cinematic Firsts (212 movies items)

" *First film to be filmed in the widescreen format."

“(OK) So consistent ans sustained in its grandeur, since the beginning with the child's play battle in the snow. There the film is planted, in great episodes, of personal intimate story and big History...” read more

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1920's) (42 movies items)

" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)

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Movies Watched in 2019 (225 movies items)

"August 26th Directed by: Abel Gance Downloaded."

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

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ALL-TIME 100 Revisited (20 movies items)

"From Richard Schickel’s 1981 TIME review of a reissue of Napoleon: “On April 7, 1927, Charles de Gaulle and his friend, André Malraux, saw the Paris premiere of a new movie. At its end, the two great-men-to-be were on their feet, cheering. Malraux remembered De Gaulle waving his long arms and crying, ‘Bravo, magnifique!’ It is said that De Gaulle never forgot the images of glory he found that evening in Abel Gance’s epic reconstruction of another young soldier’s climb to greatness, "