Kevin Brownlow discusses Abel Gance

[enemyofbohemia]

I just happen to own both VHS tapes of Napoleon, which my parents got for $2 at a yard sale many years ago. I will certainly cherish them.

[SilentRobert3]

This just in - the San Francisco Silent Film Festival is present Brownlow's compete restoration at the Oakland Paramount Theatre in March 2012. Carl Davis will personally conduct the 46-piece East Bay Oakland Symphony.

[MindbenderMilo]

The complete 5 1/2 hour version will be screening with Carl Davis conducting @ the Paramount in Oakland in March 2012!

[Kinopanorama1]

Wonderful interview. Kevin Brownlow is indeed a hero to all of us who are dedicated to the preservation and restoration of films. Long may he live.

[TheNerdInTheFrontRow]

Where did you get this interview?

[capgurken]

Abel Gance is the inspiration for the movie project I'm working on L'Empereur, it takes place in the contemporary Bronx but it breathes with the spirit of Abel's 1927 Napoleon

[dioricees]

I'm grateful every day for what Brownlow did for us all. Napoleon is o ne of my favorite movies, so I will always owe him more than I can say. Bravo! And thank you! And thanks for posting this vid.

[daughterrevolution]

Recently rewatched Brownlow's version, but I've heard they're coming out with a new DVD for it with the Carl Davis score? Hope so.

[scottbarden]

fantastic stuff.. i would love to see this film again

[saaphyri111]

Amazing Kevin Brownlow is great for bringing us this incredible interview and these images of Gance's NAPOLEON!

[ridgley8]

totally rad!!

[collecchi]

Thanks for this post. Gance revisited Napoleon at least twice, in 1934 and again in 1971, when he added spoken dialogue from the surviving cast from the original script. That version is the best I have seen, but Coppola does not deserve the insults he's getting here. His version does not prevent the showing of previous versions, and his version once again brought the spotlight back to an unjustly forgotten giant.

[olemono]

Thank you for posting such great video!

[U2berox]

Kevin Brownlow is a hero to film. If he doesn't win some kind of special Oscar, it will be a travesty.

[Drac39]

@U2berox Agreed. What he has done to save so many films has made him the greatest historian of our time

[SuperNosfe1994]

well, dreams come true... he did!

[PC3900]

I hope illicit copies of the full version circulate someday on DVD, with Carl Davis' score. Coppola is indeed doing a huge disservice to cinema fans.

[Pentagonshark666]

Abel Gance is one of the greatest directors

who ever lived!

[Maliejandra]

I love Kevin Brownlow! Thanks so much for sharing this. I've never seen it before.

[Xenu]

Thanks to Coppola for preventing us from ever seeing the complete version of this film.