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This same version was then given to Coppola and his Zoetrope Studio. However, the US version of the film was not the same as the UK version. Coppola not only removed sections of the film to decrease the run-time, but also showed the film at 24 frames-per-second, instead of the correct fps. That the screenings DID go ahead in spite of threats was an encouraging sign, but any hope of further screenings or a DVD emerging has been set back indefinitely.

One thing, I may have skimmed too quick, so just confirm-- did you say that Coppola was planning to release the 04 resto this whole situation has been driving me nuts for the past 2 yrs on disc, but w his father's score? Given that Coppola's current version and thus his current amount of music amounts to only minutes, this leaves him over minutes short of music.

The composer of his music is also deceased. Needless to say, that's the side that has the moral high ground here. From the moment I learned of Coppolas lunacy vis a vis the integrity of this film, my opinion of him dropped even further. Is this guy so desperate of cash that he will not negotiate a rights-dipensation with a group which has done a great service to the world in investing a goodly sum of money in ressurecting a settled masterpiece?

I mean I know he's practically useless as a director nowadays, but to stomp on Gance is just irritating. On one hand I understand-- yeah he acquired the rights for the film and therefore should want to maximize the benefit of what it is that he paid for.

But for this whole project to come to a screeching halt without any home vid releases outside of Australia is just absurd and there of course, deprived, as is the rest of the world, of the 04 resto. He should at the very least be dispensing rights for a fee, or sharing them, or coming to some kind of cooperative agreement with the Brownlow team, because this project is bigger than both parties. I always thought this film would have been a no-brainer Criterion release, as it has the kind of polished, global masterpiece-cache that they look for when investing in silents.

A disgrace, and a damnable, frustrating shame. So you're way off on that one. With the restored, newly ressurrected version of CABIRIA being introduced by Martin Scorcese as an Official Selection at Cannes this past year and generally being discussed "in the air" nowadays in awed tones, it is a no-brainer.

CABIRIA is generally regarded as laying the seed for every painterly, massive, hyperartistic, attention-to-every-detail-sweeping-epic in the history of the cinema, being given credit for Griffiths, Lang's, Lean's, etc etc biggest, sprawling masterpieces. Yes I've seen it, owned it on dvd for years.

Sure it's a nice piece of polished filmmaking, but I don't understand why they went with this film-- it's their last purely silent release-- over so so many others to choose from. As for what anybody considers a minor release-- that's pure subjectivity. Maybe KOKO is, since it's interlaced, which for them, says something.

Fucking disgrace. I think your posts on the Gance have opened up what probably needs to be half a dozen separate threads of their own. One of them is surely Gance's own reputation. Renoir was of course toeing the Parti line. So much of the mass market is so heavily invested in DVDs, still, with no ebb of product foreseeable, that, for an HD transfer of a film this size to be justified costwise, a dvd release is almost required at present.

In the HD world at present, I just don't know that enough sales could be foreseen to justify the kind of budget to create the kind of overall package that would do justice to the scope of presentation necessary, and probably put a release even further off until the HiDef medium takes hold. But we're just not there now, and the situation with the 04 resto is too absurd. It is an ex post facto public and critical list-topper. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

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L'Argent was a huge production that was partly financed by UFA, the company which had also created many German Expressionist films throughout the decade. The enduring need to create commercially successful films prevailed, as this quick succession of financial failures ultimately marked the end of the Impressionist movement.

Gance directed La Fin du monde in , his first talkie, while Epstein is credited for creating the first ever Breton-speaking film, Chanson d'Armor. Living up to his reputation as an innovator, L'Herbier made the first fully talking film by a French production with 's L'Enfant de l'amour, leading to a brief hiatus where he focused on his writing.

By far the most successful Expressionist in sound-era cinema, however, was Jean Renoir, who is now perhaps the most acclaimed French director of all time. Needless to say, the collective determination of these groundbreaking directors led to a number of milestones, and their communicative visual styles and messages on social morality have been an enduring influence on aspiring filmmakers.

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Jean Epstein. Paris: Belfond, Paris: Vautrain, Brownlow , p. Mast, Gerald; Kawin, Bruce F. A Short History of the Movies. ISBN German Expressionism. French Impressionist Cinema. Soviet Montage. Italian Neorealism. Japanese New Wave. British New Wave. French New Wave. Hong Kong New Wave. Dogme Movements In Film. Movements In Film Explore the cinematic movements that shaped film history. Eldorado — by director Marcel L'Herbier.

The Woman From Nowhere La femme de nulle part — by director Louis Delluc An ageing woman returns to a villa she has been avoiding for years. The Wheel La roue — by director Abel Gance. The Seller of Pleasure Le Marchand de plaisir — by director Jaque Catelain Le Marchand de plaisir marked Jaque Catelain's directorial debut, in which he would also play the lead role. The Irony of Destiny L'Ironie du destin — by director Dimitri Kirsanoff Without realizing that he is in the wrong city, a man confuses his home with the home of a stranger.

The Flood L'lnondation — by director Louis Delluc. L'affiche by director Jean Epstein A flower girl is impregnated by a wealthy man, who leaves her to raise the child alone.

The Devil in the City Le diable dans la ville — by director Germaine Dulac In the 15th century, smugglers in a small town settle in an abandoned tower. Children's Faces Visages d'enfants — by director Jacques Feyder A young boy struggles to accept his mother's second marriage after the untimely death of his father. La Fille de l'eau credit: les films jean renoir.

Mauprat — by director Jean Epstein. Mauprat credit: Les Films Jean Epstein. Gribiche — by director Jacques Feyder. Menilmontant — by director Dimitri Kirsanoff.