Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema

Sounding out Utopia

AvPaul Cuff

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book explores the creation and destruction of Abel Gance’s most ambitious film project, and seeks to explain why his meteoric career was so nearly extinguished at the end of silent cinema. Gance’s first sound film, La Fin du Monde (1930), was a critical and financial disaster so great that it nearly destroyed his career.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:361 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:241
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319817545

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Musikböcker inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Paul Cuff is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick, UK. He has produced work on Abel Gance, Sherlock Holmes, Buster Keaton, and Spike Milligan. His first monograph, A revolution for the screen: Abel Gance’s ‘Napoléon’, was published in 2015.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: The sublime and the ridiculous.-Part I: Overcoming the past.- Introduction.- 1. In the shadow of war.- 2. Towards utopia.- 3. Prophets of the future.- 4. Cinema and the life of space.- Summary: Part I.- Part II: Impossible dreams.- Introduction.- 5. Artistic integrity and industrial change.- 6. A history of incompletion.- Summary: Part II.- Part III: The marvels of ruins.- Introduction.- 7. Passion and performance.- 8. Fighting to be heard.- 9. The world on fire.- Summary: Part III.- Conclusion: "Why have I been only what I am?".