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Abel Gance and the End of Silent CinemaA History of Incompletion

Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema: A History of Incompletion [This chapter contains a detailed production history of La Fin du Monde. Cuff analyses how and why Gance lost control of his most cherished project, offering a precise chronology of the film’s production from scripting to release. Using a wealth of archival evidence, Cuff demonstrates how the narrative scale and technological complexity of La Fin du Monde led to the breakdown of Gance’s relationship with his producer Vassili Ivanoff. The chapter reveals the financial, logistical, organizational, and personal crises that ultimately compromised La Fin du Monde in its French- and German-language editions. Cuff concludes with an account of the different versions of La Fin du Monde issued in the 1930s, and explains the physical history of surviving prints in relation to this original material.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Abel Gance and the End of Silent CinemaA History of Incompletion

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-38817-5
Pages
105 –131
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-38818-2_6
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter contains a detailed production history of La Fin du Monde. Cuff analyses how and why Gance lost control of his most cherished project, offering a precise chronology of the film’s production from scripting to release. Using a wealth of archival evidence, Cuff demonstrates how the narrative scale and technological complexity of La Fin du Monde led to the breakdown of Gance’s relationship with his producer Vassili Ivanoff. The chapter reveals the financial, logistical, organizational, and personal crises that ultimately compromised La Fin du Monde in its French- and German-language editions. Cuff concludes with an account of the different versions of La Fin du Monde issued in the 1930s, and explains the physical history of surviving prints in relation to this original material.]

Published: Nov 12, 2016

Keywords: Musical Score; Trade Press; Sound Film; Handwritten Letter; Precise Chronology

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