Word: napoleonism
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...this conglomeration of technical fluidity and focal images that the heart of the movie beats. As a statement of a man's life isolated in the flow of history, it stands as a testimony to Napoleon. As a tapestry of a bloody time begetting yet another, it is unparalleled. Now, as in 1927, Napoleon reflects the vision of an era, through the unique vision of Abel Gance.Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1921 Abel Gance congratulated by D.W. Griffith after the American premiere of J'accuse...
...NAPOLEON IS one of the few men I admire. He had tremendous faith in himself. He was a man driven by his sense of mission, like Christopher Columbus. Or like Christ. I think that Napoleon felt he had a gigantic purpose in life. He wasn't, as some people say, just another dictator like Hitler, but something more...
...Carmine Coppola sees himself as something more than just another composer of film music. Collaborating with his son Francis Ford, the senior Coppola has written music for The Black Stallion, The Godfather, parts I and II, and Apocalypse Now. Now travelling across the United States with Napoleon, he conducts symphony orchestras through the score he wrote for the film. But while he shares his son's interest in film, Carmine Coppola says his compositions fall into two distinct categories: programmatic music composed in conjunction with other media, and pure music of a more personal nature...
When Francis Ford showed him Napoleon, Carmine Coppola saw a chance to indulge in the former on a grand scale. "My son has always liked the idea of a silent film accompanied by live music. I think he has wanted to do one like that for a long time himself. To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing. After he saw Napoleon a few years ago, he came to me and said, 'I think this is it. Napoleon...
...Coppola continues, "I have two ideas I tried to integrate. Abel Gance was concerned with presenting a man, not a documentary. He wanted to involve his audience. So while I knew that the music had to be contemporary, I decided to rely on the Revolutionary and Romantic music from Napoleon's France...