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Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema - Sounding out Utopia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema - Sounding out Utopia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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This book explores the creation and destruction of Abel Gance's
most ambitious film project, and seeks to explain why his meteoric
career was so nearly extinguished at the end of silent cinema. By
1929, Gance was France's most famous director. Acclaimed for his
technical innovation and visual imagination, he was also admonished
for the excessive length and expense of his productions. Gance's
first sound film, La Fin du Monde (1930), was a critical and
financial disaster so great that it nearly destroyed his career.
But what went wrong? Gance claimed it was commercial sabotage
whilst critics blamed the director's inexperience with new
technology. Neither excuse is satisfactory. Based on extensive
archival research, this book re-investigates the cultural
background and aesthetic consequences of Gance's transition from
silent filmmaking to sound cinema. La Fin du Monde is revealed to
be only one element of an extraordinary cultural project to
transform cinema into a universal religion and propagate its power
through the League of Nations. From unfinished films to unrealized
social revolutions, the reader is given a fascinating tour of
Gance's lost cinematic utopia.
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