Film homage Abel Gance La Roue 1922 train wreck c.1890-2008 color added
by David Lee Guss
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Film homage Abel Gance La Roue 1922 train wreck c.1890-2008 color added
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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While D.W. Griffith is considered the father of the American film, writer, producer, editor, actor and director Abel Gance (1889-1981) is honored as the father of the French motion picture.
I had never seen "La Roue" (1922) until it was TV premiered on Turner Classic Movies, a shining bright spot for movie lovers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58GMFjwqd4
Jean Renoir (1894-1979), is recognized as the greatest of all French directors.
(And in Orson Welles' obituary of him as "very probably the greatest of all directors.")
Renoir sold paintings done by his father, Pierre Auguste, to finance his silent films starting in 1924.
Renoir's first acknowledged masterpiece is his anti-war WW1 gem "Grand Illusion" (1937).
It took the director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author two years to obtain financing for the project; which he got only after casting the popular Jean Gabin (1904-1976) in the lead role.
Renoir uses long takes, often with a moving camera, as contrasted with Gance's often rapid editing.
Renoir cast Eric von Stroheim as the German commandant. Stroheim's films had inspired Renoir to enter motion pictures.
The "New York Times has it as a "Critic's Choice."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZkrioz5Zc0&feature=related
The director himself talks about his "humanistic" classic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63xhUUZOH8
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June 8th, 2013
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