Gance
Britishnoun
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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
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
The 2,000 men Gance recruited for the scene were French soldiers on leave from Verdun.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2010
Though De Gaulle saw a 2�-hour version, the movie Gance originally intended to release was something like six hours in length.
From Time Magazine Archive
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