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French Film 1920-40France the home of film criticism
Napoleon/Abel Gance (1927)Impressionist filmmakingAvant-gardist fimmakerAmbitiousNapoleon (27)3 hoursSplit screen Polyvision16 images placed togetherTriptych: three screen projectionMaster of montageColor filmLast reel in 3-DGance decided not to release
Theodor Dreyer: Passion of Joan of ArcArc’s trial in a day but long and endlessA film of faces and essencesJoan speaks with her expressionPure vision
Un Chien AndalouSurreal imagesLogic of a dreamSexual/violentFrightening horrifyingSex lust, morbidBuenel and Dali