Gance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Silent films could get pretty long but this 1927 work – one cut runs at more than nine hours – is probably the medium’s towering achievement: a monumental biopic of the general by Abel Gance.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2020
“Abel Gance — he was fabulous at moving the camera,” Mr. Brown said, referring to the director of “Napoleon,” the 1927 silent classic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2016
Before the Russians did montage there was Abel Gance, rapid editing, one frame, two frames; he used handheld camera in crazy ways – no-one has bettered his chase scenes.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
He also borrows from Gance in the use of hand-held cameras, which capture the student uprising as an artful jumble of men, guns and barricades.
From Time ● Dec. 30, 2012
Cinema Europe's hero is Abel Gance, who in the 1927 Napoleon harnessed an epic delirium unmatched before or since.
From Time Magazine Archive
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