Literature

Napoleon, Abel Gance's Classic Film

Management No. BFM012043

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Contents: Acknowledgments = 7 Picture Credits = 8 Preface = 9 Part One: The Making 1. The Fuse Is Lit = 14 2. Chasseur d’images = 24 3. Pictures in the Fire = 31 4. The Sum of Recollection = 40 5. Unsung Heroes = 46 6. Anything Possible = 52 7. The Search for Napoleon = 58 8. ‘On tourne!’ = 67 9. The Enchanted Isle = 80 10. Entr’acte = 96 11. The Siege of Toulon = 102 12. Cordeliers and Convention = 118 13. Sweep of Empire = 128 14. Flame in the Shadows = 139 15. The Music of Light = 150 16. Ten-day Wonder = 161 17. Defeat in America = 170 Part Two: The Reconstruction 18. Nothing to Declare = 178 19. A Gnashing of Teeth = 183 20. Too Good to Last = 189 21. Vin de l’Empereur = 195 22. Somebody Has to Do It = 198 23. On the Firing Line = 205 24. A Whiff of Grapeshot = 214 25. A Meeting of Eagles = 217 26. Fortune Favours the Brave = 223 27. Strings Attached = 227 28. Gala Dernière = 229 29. Fortissimo = 235 30. Cresting the Wave = 246 31. ‘The Measure for All Other Films, Forever’ = 250 Part Three: Appendices Cast and Credits = 258 Synopsis = 264 The Different Versions of Napoleon = 286 Notes = 288 Index = 304